Malignant fibrous histiocytoma - The commonest soft tissue sarcoma or a nonexistent entity?

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica, Supplement

Volumn 68, Issue 273, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Åkerman, Måns ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATOFIBROMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METASTASIS; REGISTER; SARCOMA; SCANDINAVIA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; REGISTRIES; SARCOMA; SCANDINAVIA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031050363     PISSN: 03008827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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