Synovial sarcoma in patients under 20 years of age: A multicenter study with a minimum follow-up of 10 years

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 335-342

  Speth, Bernhard M ^a   Krieg, Andreas H ^a   Kaelin, Andre ^b   Exner, G Ulrich ^c   Guillou, Louis ^d   von Hochstetter, Arthur ^e   Jundt, Gernot ^f   Hefti, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Orthopädie Zentrum Zürich OZZ   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e Institute of Pathology Enge   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Multicenter study; Soft tissue tumors; Synovial sarcoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053130370     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-011-0360-4     Document Type: Article

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