Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 8 , Pages 1627-1632 , August 2010

Sclerotherapy with bleomycin does not adversely affect facial nerve function in children with cervicofacial cystic lymphatic malformation

  • Afra Karavelioğlu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara 06100, Turkey
    • ,
  • Çağrı Mesut Temuçin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara 06100, Turkey
    • ,
  • F. Cahit Tanyel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara 06100, Turkey
    • ,
  • Arbay O. Ciftci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara 06100, Turkey
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  • Mehmet Emin Şenocak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara 06100, Turkey
    • ,
  • İbrahim Karnak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara 06100, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey. Tel.: +90 312 3115541; fax: +90 312 3115541.

Received 4 September 2009 ,Revised 16 December 2009 ,Accepted 16 December 2009.

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PII: S0022-3468(09)01070-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.12.014

Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 8 , Pages 1627-1632 , August 2010

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