Propranolol vs corticosteroids for infantile hemangiomas: A multicenter retrospective analysis

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1371-1376

  Price, Cynthia J ^a   Lattouf, Carol ^a   Baum, Bertha ^b   McLeod, Michael ^a   Schachner, Lawrence A ^a   Duarte, Ana M ^b   Connelly, Elizabeth Alvarez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PALIVIZUMAB; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOSTASIS; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INFANT; LIP CONTRACTION; LIP DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VACCINATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROPRANOLOL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84255182800     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.203     Document Type: Article

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