Low-dose propranolol for infantile hemangiomas of head and neck An analysis.pdfVIP

A cc ep te d A rt ic le This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/ped.13109 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Received Date : 08-Jul-2013 Revised Date : 28-Jul-2014 Accepted Date : 13-Jul-2016 Article type : Original Articles Category of manuscript: original article Title: Low-dose propranolol for infantile hemangiomas of head and neck: An analysis of 23 consecutive patients Running title: Low-dose propranolol for infantile hemangiomas of head and neck Wenhao Rena,b, Shaoming Lia,b, Ling Gaoa,b, Shuo Huanga, Linmei Zhanga, Cui Qianga， Chunxi Liuc, Keqian Zhi*a,b a Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, The affiliated hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, P. R. China. 255666. b Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatology Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University College of Medicine, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710004, P. R. China c Department of stomatology, Xi’an NO.4 Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710004, P. R. China Shaoming Li, Ling Gao and Wenhao Ren are co-first authors and contributed equally to this article A cc ep te d A rt ic le This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. * Corresponding author: Keqian Zhi, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The affiliated hospital of Qingdao University, Wutai mountain Road, Qingdao, Shandong, P. R. China. 255666. E-mail addresses: zhikeqian@ Abstract: Background: More and more infantile hemangiomas(IH) began to treat with propranolol, however the effectiveness, dosage, and treatment course were still in dispute. The objective of this observational study was to describe the therapeutic response, tolerance, and safety of low dose propranolol in 23 children with infantile