Propranolol for infantile haemangiomas: single centre experience of 250 cases and proposed therapeutic protocol
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Propranolol for infantile haemangiomas: single centre experience of 250 cases and proposed therapeutic protocol.
OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and efficacy of systemic propranolol for the treatment of complicated infantile haemangiomas. DESIGN Retrospective review of case notes of paediatric patients treated with propranolol for complicated infantile haemangiomas. SETTING Tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS All paediatric patients with complicated infantile haemangiomas who commenced treatm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306514