Successful combination therapy for severe infantile hemangiomas: Case report and literature search

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 973-977

  Yuan, Kai Hua ^a   Li, Qin ^a   Yu, Wen Lin ^a   Huang, Zheng ^a,b  

^a Liuhuaqiao Hospital   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCINS; CASE REPORTS; COMBINATION THERAPY; DEXAMETHASONES; LITERATURE SEARCH; MULTIPLE MODALITIES; PULSED DYE LASERS; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

DRUG PRODUCTS; DYE LASERS; LASERS; PEPTIDES; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASERS;

PEDIATRICS;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BLEOMYCIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; IODIZED OIL; LASER THERAPY; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 73849110844     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2008.2459     Document Type: Article

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