Sarcoma
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 385164, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/385164
Research Article

Leiomyosarcomas of Vascular Origin in the Extremity

R. Abed, A. Abudu, R. J. Grimer, R. M. Tillman, S. R. Carter, and L. Jeys

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Bristol Road South, Birmingham B31 2AP, UK

Received 2 March 2009; Accepted 21 May 2009

Academic Editor: Jose Casanova

Copyright © 2009 R. Abed et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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