Interferon alfa-2a therapy for life-threatening hemangiomas of infancy.

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Published in N Engl J Med on May 28, 1992

Authors

R A Ezekowitz1, J B Mulliken, J Folkman

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1: Division of Hematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115.

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