Multimodality treatment in the control of deep musculoaponeurotic fibromatosis

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 655-658

  Skene, A I ^a,b   Barr, L ^a   A'Hern, R P ^a   Fisher, C ^a   Meirion Thomas, J ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Yew Tree Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FIBROMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031806548     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00642.x     Document Type: Article

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