Evolving treatments in the management of laryngotracheal hemangiomas: Will propranolol supplant steroids and surgery?

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1450-1454

  Javia, Luv R ^a,b   Zur, Karen B ^a,b   Jacobs, Ian N ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemangioma; Laryngotracheal; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL; STEROID;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; LARYNGOTRACHEAL HEMANGIOMA; LASER SURGERY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MICRODEBRIDER; OPEN SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMANGIOMA; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPRANOLOL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054002423     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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