The importance of patient reported functional outcome in paediatric desmoid fibromatosis
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Gurhan Erturan,1 Harriet Holme,2 Anna Cassoni,2 Roberto Tirabosco,3 Rob Pollock,4 Tim Briggs,4 Maria Michelagnoli2 Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital, Oxford; 2The London Sarcoma Service, University College London Hospital, London; 3Department of Pathology, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore; 4The London Sarcoma Service, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UK
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