The Spectrum of Gnathic Osteosarcoma: Caveats for the Clinician and the Pathologist

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 92-99

  Padilla, Ricardo J ^a   Murrah, Valerie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone biopsy; Bone tumor; Gnathic; Head and neck pathology; Jaws; Maxillofacial; Oral and maxillofacial pathology; Osteosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSARCOMA;

EID: 79951497902     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-010-0218-y     Document Type: Article

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