A Literature Review of Propranolol for the Treatment of Infantile Hemangiomas
ZHANG Shuai1,2,CAO Guo-ying1,HU Xin1
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1.Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Hospital, Beijing 100730, China; 2. Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Hemangiomas is a kind of common vascular tumors for infants and children. Surgical operation, laser, radiation and medicine are commonly used in its treatment.In 2008, it′s firstly clisovered that propranolo had very good therapeutic effect or infcntile hemangioma. Propranolo oral liquid (HWMANGEOL) was approved for the treatment of infantile hemangioma by FDA in 2014. In this paper, its mechanism, efficacy and safety are reviewed.
ZHANG Shuai,CAO Guo-ying,HU Xin.
A Literature Review of Propranolol for the Treatment of Infantile Hemangiomas[J]. Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal, 2015, 50(21): 1849-1852 https://doi.org/10.11669/cpj.2015.21.003
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