Propranolol for complicated infantile haemangiomas: A case series of 30 infants

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 466-468

  Manunza, F ^a   Syed, S ^a   Laguda, B ^a   Linward, J ^a   Kennedy, H ^a   Gholam, K ^a   Glover, M ^a   Giardini, A ^a   Harper, J I ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemangioma; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER HEALING; WELLBEING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; EYELID NEOPLASMS; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOTTIS; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; PROPRANOLOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74349101442     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09597.x     Document Type: Letter

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