Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome: Successful treatment with sirolimus

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yuksekkaya, Hasan ^a   Ozbek, Orhan ^a   Keser, Melike ^a   Toy, Hatice ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Hemangiomatosis; Sirolimus

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE; PROPRANOLOL; RAPAMYCIN; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON;

ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; BLUE RUBBER BLEB NEVUS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLON; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESOPHAGUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELENA; MOUTH; MUSCLE HEMATOMA; PALLOR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SMALL INTESTINE; SOFT TISSUE; STOMACH; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 84859386796     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-3611     Document Type: Article

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