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Huge, alarming congenital hemangioma of the scalp presenting as heart failure and Kasabach-Merritt syndrome: a case report

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Hsiao, CH., Tsao, PN., Hsieh, WS. et al. Huge, alarming congenital hemangioma of the scalp presenting as heart failure and Kasabach-Merritt syndrome: a case report. Eur J Pediatr 166, 619–620 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0278-x

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