Fibrosarcoma of the brachial plexus presenting in childhood

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-364

  Tan, M H ^a   Kirk, G ^a   Clements, W D B ^a   Choudhari, K A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus tumour; Childhood tumours; Fibrosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PROTEIN S 100;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOME; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE GRAFT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARM; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141953295     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690310001601289     Document Type: Article

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