An institutional review of paediatric haemangiomas: Prevalence, imaging features, and outcomes

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 334-340

  Rasalkar, Darshana D ^a   Chu, Winnie C W ^a   Cheng, Frankie W T ^a   Lee, Vincent ^a   Lee, K H ^a   Li, C K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Child; Color; Doppler; Hemangioma; Magnetic resonance imaging; Soft tissue neoplasms; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INFANT; KASABACH MERRITT SYNDROME; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROTHERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 78649901007     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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