Early white discoloration of infantile hemangioma: A sign of impending ulceration

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1235-1239

  Maguiness, Sheilagh M ^a   Hoffman, William Y ^b   McCalmont, Tim H ^b,c   Frieden, Ilona J ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; BECAPLERMIN; CORTICOSTEROID; METRONIDAZOLE; PETROLATUM; PREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFANTILE HEMANGIOMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SKIN ULCER; TUMOR VOLUME; WOUND DRESSING;

FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER;

EID: 78349289279     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2010.324     Document Type: Article

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