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ReviewPediatric investigation2018

Updated classification and therapy of vascular malformations in pediatric patients.

Bin Zhang, Lin Ma

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Review in Pediatric investigation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Application of Lasers in Vascular Anomalies.Indian journal of plastic surgery : official publication of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India · 2023
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  3. An interesting case of nevus flammeus with loss of vision and hemiparesis.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Bin ZhangDepartment of Dermatology Beijing Children's Hospital Capital Medical University National Center for Children's Health Beijing China.
Lin MaDepartment of Dermatology Beijing Children's Hospital Capital Medical University National Center for Children's Health Beijing China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular malformations (VMs) comprise a diverse group of diagnoses. They are classified by the type of vessel involved, including capillaries, veins, arteries, lymphatic vessels, or combinations of these. Complex VMs, although benign, can impair vital structures, cause deformations, or even threaten the child's life. Although multimodal treatment of VMs in children with disease include a wide variety of options such as observation, laser therapy, sclerotherapy, surgical resection, radiofrequency ablation, and medical therapy, the management of VMs necessitates a multifocal and multidisciplinary method with the patient's quality of life as the priority.

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ChildrenTherapyVascular malformations

Identifiers

PMID32851245
PMCPMC7331351

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