Li Lin-Lin, Yan Lu, Luo Miao-Xuan, Cai Yi-Xuan, Mi Xiang-Bin, Zhang Tang-De
ZhuJiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Pediatr Dermatol. 2015 Sep-Oct;32(5):e210-4. doi: 10.1111/pde.12627. Epub 2015 Jun 10.
A meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of propranolol in the treatment of infantile hemangiomas (IHs) in Chinese infants. A statistically significant difference was found between infants treated using propranolol and those treated using corticosteroids (p < 0.001). The total effect pooled from 26 single-arm studies using meta-analysis of propranolol on IHs in Chinese infants was 93% (95% confidence interval 0.88, 0.96).
