Microcystic lymphatic malformations of the tongue: Diagnosis, classification, and treatment

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 976-983

  Wiegand, Susanne ^a   Eivazi, Behfar ^a   Zimmermann, Annette P ^a   Neff, Andreas ^a   Barth, Peter J ^a   Sesterhenn, Andreas M ^a   Mandic, Robert ^a   Werner, Jochen A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; PICIBANIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFECTION; LASER SURGERY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TONGUE DISEASE; TONGUE MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER THERAPY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; PICIBANIL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350502280     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.131     Document Type: Article

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