Issue
SICOT-J
Volume 3, 2017
Special Issue: "Musculoskeletal tumors: Current approaches and controversies" Guest Editor: A. Kulidjian
Article Number 20
Number of page(s) 12
Section Lower Limb
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/sicotj/2017010
Published online 10 March 2017
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