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Birthmarks and Vascular Malformations
Articles
eMedicine - Vascular, Capillary Malformations: Article by Emmanuella Joseph, MD (updated Aug. 2003)
eMedicine - Arterial Vascular Malformations Including Hemangiomas and Lymphangiomas: Article by Richie L. Lin, MD (updated Oct. 2004)
eMedicine - Embolization, Vascular Lesions: Article by Orhan Konez (Last Updated January 2004)
Recent Developments in Lasers and the Treatment of Birthmarks: Article by M. Waner (ADC 2003)
Birthmarks: Hemangiomas & Vascular Anomalies - Cleveland Clinic (Oct. 2004)
Nucleus Health Information - Arteriovenous Malformations (2003)
Science, Math and Medicine – Working Together To Understand the Diagnosis, Classification and Treatment of Port-Wine Stains
MRI Improves Treatment of Deforming Birthmarks - Radiological Society of North America (Oct. 2004)
A Family with Hereditary Port Wine Stain - Journal of Medical Genetics (Aug. 2000)
eMedicine - Brain, Venous Vascular Malformations: Article by Andrew L Wagner, MD (updated Aug. 2002)
Capillary MalformationArteriovenous Malformation, a New Clinical and Genetic Disorder Caused by RASA1 Mutations: Eerola, Boon,
Mulliken, Burrows, Dompmartin, Watanabe, Vanwijck, and Vikkula The American Society of Human Genetics
UCLA Neurosurgery: Cerebrovascular & Stroke Diseases & Disorders, Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
Arteriovenous Fistula - Merck Manual
eMedicine - Vein of Galen Malformation (AVF): Article by Raj D Sheth, MD
Websites
Vascular Birthmark Foundation
Birthmarks.com
Birthmarks.com Internet Resource Guide 2005 (Large list of resources!)
National Organization of Vascular Anomalies (NOVA)
Hemangiomas and Vascular Anomalies
Sturge Weber Foundation
Minnesota Resources for PWS and SWS
Sturge Weber Community
MSN Sturge Weber Support Group
MSN Vascular Birthmark support Group
Hopkins Sturge Weber Center
Arkansas Children's Hospital
Hemangioma's & Vascular Malformations
World Medical Library Search:
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Sturge Weber Syndrome

Articles
eMedicine - Sturge-Weber Syndrome: Article by Ali Nawaz Khan, MBBS, FRCP, FRCR (udated Mar. 2003)
eMedicine - Sturge-Weber Syndrome: Article by James J Riviello, Jr, MD (udated Oct. 2001)
eMedicine - Sturge-Weber Syndrome: Article by Monte A Del Monte, MD (updated June 2005)
Glaucoma and Sturge Weber Syndrome - Some Facts You Should Know: Article by Linda Rozell-Shannon
Vascular Syndromes: A Critical Analysis of Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome, Parkes Weber Syndrome, and Sturge-Weber Syndrome:
Lecture by M. Michael Cohen, Jr., DMD, Ph.D., FCCMG
Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and Sturge-Weber syndrome: variations on a theme? - European Journal of Dermatology (May 2003)
Neurocutaneous Syndromes - Medlink Article by Laura Flores-Sarnet and Harvey B Sarnat
Sturge-Weber Syndrome and Paroxysmal Hemiparesis: Epilepsy or Ischaemic? - Red Nova News
Early single photon emission computed tomography in Sturge-Weber syndrome:
Pinton, Chiron, Enjolras, Motte, Syrota, Dulac Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
Early Characteristics of Sturge-Weber Syndrome Shown by Perfusion MR Imaging and Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging:
Lin, Barker, Kraut, Comi American Journal of Neuroradiology
Sturge-Weber Disease with Repercussion on the Prenatal Development of the Cerebral Hemisphere
Portilla, Husson, Lasjaunias, Landrieu American Journal of Neuroradiology
Websites
Sturge Weber Foundation
Sturge Weber Community
Sturge-Weber Syndrome Commuity Support

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Birthmarks and Vascular Malformations

An Appropriate Diagnostic Workup for Suspected Vascular Birthmarks (June 2004) 448k PDF file
Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Port Wine Stain Vascular Anatomy from Serial Histological Sections (1997) 281k PDF file
"But they told us she had a hemangioma....": Contemporary Pediatrics (July 2004) 519k PDF file
Another Baby and Another Cutaneous Lesion--and more on efficient recognition and management: Contemporary Pediatrics (Oct. 2004)
673k PDF file
Classification of Venous Malformations in Children: Pediatric Radiology (2003) 292k PDF file

Sturge Weber Syndrome

Sturge Weber Syndrome: Article by Kristin Thomas-Sohl, Anne Comi (Aug. 2004) 558k PDF file
Neuroimaging of Phakomatoses (2000) 695k PDF file

Related Conditions

Insight Into Children's Glaucoma (1997) 477k PDF file
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