Chondrosarcoma of the spine :A report of three cases and literature review

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 885-890

  Quiriny, Marie ^a   Gebhart, Michæl ^a  

^a JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Prognosis; Spine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149379351     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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