Clinical features of infantile hepatic hemangioendothelioma

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 260-266

  Kim, Eun Hee ^a   Koh, Kyung Nam ^a   Park, Meerim ^a   Kim, Bo Eun ^a   Im, Ho Joon ^a   Seo, Jong Jin ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Hemangioendothelioma; Infant; Interferon alpha; Liver; Therapeutic embolization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052693078     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2011.54.6.260     Document Type: Article

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