Successful management of kaposiform hemangioendothelioma with kasabach-merritt phenomenon using vincristine and ticlopidine

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-366

  LÓpez, Verónica ^a   MartÍ, Nuria ^a   Pereda, Carolina ^a   MartÍn, José María ^a   RamÓn, Dolores ^a   Mayordomo, Empar ^a   JordÁ, Esperanza ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; D DIMER; FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN; PROTHROMBIN; TICLOPIDINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSIFORM HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SPINDLE CELL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TICLOPIDINE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 67650480631     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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