Sildenafil for severe lymphatic malformations

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 384-386

  Swetman, Glenda L ^a   Berk, David R ^b   Vasanawala, Shreyas S ^a   Feinstein, Jeffrey A ^a   Lane, Alfred T ^a   Bruckner, Anna L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBLYOPIA; ARM DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; LETTER; LYMPHATIC MALFORMATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCLEROTHERAPY; THORAX DISEASE;

EID: 84856279925     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1112482     Document Type: Letter

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