Successful treatment of metastatic hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma with thalidomide: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Raphael, Claire ^a   Hudson, Emma ^b   Williams, Leslie ^b   Lester, Jason F ^b   Savage, Philip M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HEPATIC EPITHELIOID HAEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650350123     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-413     Document Type: Article

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