Propranolol for airway hemangiomas: Case report of novel treatment

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2051-2054

  Buckmiller, Lisa ^a   Dyamenahalli, Umesh ^a   Richter, Gresham T ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta blocker; Hemangioma; Larynx; Propranolol; Subglottic; Trachea; Vascular anomaly

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIDOR; TRACHEA TUMOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BRONCHOSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGOSCOPY; PROPRANOLOL; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 70349959745     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20633     Document Type: Article

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