Postradiation neural sheath sarcoma of the brachial plexus: A case report

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 313-317

  Hussussian, Christopher J ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SARCOMA;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032829478     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199909000-00017     Document Type: Article

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