Topical timolol for periocular hemangioma: Report of further study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 377-379

  Ni, Na ^a   Langer, Paul ^b   Wagner, Rudolph ^b   Guo, Suqin ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL; STEROID; TIMOLOL;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG MECHANISM; EYELID; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEART BLOCK; HEART RATE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LETTER; LIVER TOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PERIOCULAR HEMANGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; EYELID NEOPLASMS; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; INFANT; TIMOLOL;

EID: 79952605358     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.24     Document Type: Letter

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