Propranolol treatment for infantile hemangiomas

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 458-459

  Buckmiller, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta blocker; Hemangioma; Propranolol; Vascular anomaly

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

BENIGN TUMOR; BRONCHOSPASM; DRUG EFFICACY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; PROPRANOLOL;

EID: 74549212987     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328332a4eb     Document Type: Review

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