Quality of life in children following treatment for a malignant primary bone tumour around the knee

Sarcoma

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-45

  Eiser, Christine ^a   Cool, Paul ^b   Grimer, Robert J ^b   Carter, Simon R ^b   Cotter, Imogen M ^a   Ellis, Ann J ^a   Kopel, Sheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone tumour; Children; Knee; Limb salvage surgery; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002984301     PISSN: 1357714X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13577149778461     Document Type: Article

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