Propranolol for the Treatment of a Life-Threatening Subglottic and Mediastinal Infantile Hemangioma

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 335-338

  Truong, Mai Thy ^a   Chang, Kay W ^a   Berk, David R ^b   Heerema McKenney, Amy ^b   Bruckner, Anna L ^b  

^a LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANTILE HEMANGIOMA; LARYNGOSCOPY; LASER SURGERY; MEDIASTINAL HEMANGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 74549134190     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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