Propranolol treatment for severe infantile hemangiomas: A single-centre 3-year experience

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Georgountzou, Anastasia ^a   Karavitakis, Emmanouil ^a   Klimentopoulou, Alexandra ^a   Xaidara, Athina ^a   Kakourou, Talia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Infantile hemangiomas; Propranolol treatment

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY HEMANGIOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROPRANOLOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865646206     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02783.x     Document Type: Article

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