PHACE Syndrome: Consensus-Derived Diagnosis and Care Recommendations

Overview

Journal J Pediatr

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2016 Sep 24

PMID 27659028

Citations 65

Authors

Maria C Garzon

Leon G Epstein

Geoffrey L Heyer

Peter C Frommelt

Darren B Orbach

Adriane L Baylis

Francine Blei

Patricia E Burrows

Sarah L Chamlin

Robert H Chun

Christopher P Hess

Shawna Joachim

Katherine Johnson

Wendy Kim

Marilyn G Liang

Mohit Maheshwari

Garrett N McCoy

Denise W Metry

Priya A Monrad

Elena Pope

Julie Powell

Tor A Shwayder

Dawn H Siegel

Megha M Tollefson

Sudhakar Vadivelu

Sean M Lew

Ilona J Frieden

Beth A Drolet

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