Propranolol as First-line Treatment of Head and Neck Hemangiomas
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Propranolol as first-line treatment of head and neck hemangiomas.
OBJECTIVES To report the efficacy of propranolol as first-line treatment of head and neck hemangiomas in children and to present an optimized protocol for treating hemangiomas. DESIGN Multi-institutional retrospective study. SETTING Two tertiary care referral pediatric centers. PATIENTS Thirty-nine children with head and neck infantile hemangiomas were treated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Rev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2011.55