Clinical and cytogenetic aspects of giant cell tumor of the sternum
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Edgard Eduard Engel, Marcello Henrique Nogueira-Barbosa, Maurı́cio Eiji de Almeida Santos Yamashita, Federico Enrique Garcia Cipriano, Elvis Terci Valera, Maria Sol Brassesco I Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ribeirão Preto/SP, Brazil. II Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto/SP, Brazil. III Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo Department of Pathology, Ribeirão Preto/SP, Brazil. IV Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo Department of Surgery, Ribeirão Preto/SP, Brazil. V Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo Division of Pediatric Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Ribeirão Preto/SP, Brazil.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 66 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011