Efficacy of oral prednisolone use in the treatment of infantile hemangiomas in indian children

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 502-506

  Grover, Chander ^a   Kedar, Ashwini ^a   Arora, Pooja ^a   Lal, Brahmanand ^a  

^a Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DEFLAZACORT; ENALAPRIL; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; INFANT; MALE; MOON FACE; MORNING DOSAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR GROWTH; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052868260     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01491.x     Document Type: Article

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