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. 2023 Jul-Aug;40(4):647-650.
doi: 10.1111/pde.15363. Epub 2023 Jun 14.

Clinical and epidemiological risk factors for infantile hemangioma: A case-control study

Ahmed Samaouel Chehad  1 , Odai Hamza  1 , Tarek Mansoul  1
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Clinical and epidemiological risk factors for infantile hemangioma: A case-control study

Ahmed Samaouel Chehad et al. Pediatr Dermatol. 2023 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

There is limited data on risk-factors of infantile hemangioma (IH) in African and Arab countries. One hundred thirty-two patients with IH were enrolled and compared to 282 healthy controls. Female sex (odds ratios [OR]: 2.2; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.4-3.6), low birth weight (OR: 4.5; 95% CI 1.9-10.6), and progesterone intake (OR: 38.6; 95% CI 5-296) were the only independent risk factors identified for development of IH, while no associations were found multiple gestation and preeclampsia.

Keywords: benign neoplasm; hemangioma; infant; risk factors; tumor.

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