Propranolol, a very promising treatment for ulceration in infantile hemangiomas: A study of 20 cases with matched historical controls

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 833-838

  Hermans, Denise Josephina Johanna ^a,b   Van Beynum, Ingrid Mathilde ^a   Schultze Kool, Leonardus Jan ^a   Van De Kerkhof, Peter Cornelius Maria ^a   Wijnen, Marcus Henricus Wilhelmus Andreas ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Catharina Joanna Maria ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

beta blocker; infantile hemangioma; infants; propranolol; ulceration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PARACETAMOL; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PAINFUL ULCERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SLEEP DISORDER; ULCER; VOMITING; WOUND DRESSING;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROPRANOLOL; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79954724922     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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