Primary bone malignancies in children

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-74

  Hahn, Miah ^a   Dormans, John R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; EWING SARCOMA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BONE NEOPLASMS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA, EWING'S; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029942571     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199602000-00016     Document Type: Review

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