Radiation induced malignant schwannoma arising in a neurofibroma

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 325, Issue , 1996, Pages 251-255

  Isler, Marc H ^a   Fogaça, Marcelo F ^a   Mankin, Henry J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER;

EID: 0029929702     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199604000-00031     Document Type: Article

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