Clinical spectrum of tufted angiomas in childhood: A report of 13 cases and a review of the literature

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 758-763

  Osio, Amélie ^a   Fraitag, Sylvie ^a   Hadj Rabia, Smail ^a   Bodemer, Christine ^a   De Prost, Yves ^a   Hamel Teillac, Dominique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; TICLOPIDINE; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INFANT; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LIMB; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INDURATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUFTED ANGIOMA; VASCULAR TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954820540     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.135     Document Type: Article

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