Oral propranolol for the treatment of periorbital infantile hemangioma: A preliminary report from Oman

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 298-303

  Harikrishna, Beena ^a   Ganesh, Anuradha ^a   Al Zuahibi, Sana ^a   Al Jabri, Samia ^a   Al Waily, Ahmed ^a   Al Riyami, Adil ^a   Al Azri, Faisal ^a   Masoud, Feraz ^a   Al Mujaini, Abdullah ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Infants; Orbital Hemangioma; Propranolol

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROPRANOLOL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OMAN; ORBIT TUMOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PTOSIS; SKIN EXFOLIATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 82955229007     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.90131     Document Type: Article

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