## Abstract Nonembryonal soft tissue sarcomas are rare in childhood. We report our experience from a series of 28 patients treated at this centre, whose treatment was based on primary surgical resection. No patient required limb amputation. Anatomical distribution and histological subtypes differed
Soft tissue sarcomas in infancy and childhood
β Scribed by Donald K. Wood; Tapas K. Das Gupta
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1022 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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