## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The term __malignant giant cell tumor__ embraces multiple entities and therefore can be confusing. The goals of the current study were to define the clinicopathologic and histologic features of malignancy in giant cell tumors and to clarify the terminology. ## METHODS T
Management of grade III giant cell tumors of bones
โ Scribed by Hsien-Chung Wang; Song-Hsiung Chien; Gau-Tyan Lin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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