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A sarcoma involving the jaws in african children

Denis Burkitt
- 01 Nov 1972 - 
- Vol. 22, Iss: 6, pp 349-355
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Thirty‐eight cases of a sarcoma involving the jaws of African children are described, which is by far the commonest malignant tumour of childhood seen at Mulago Hospital.
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Thirty-eight cases of a sarcoma involving the jaws of African children are described. This is a syndrome which has not previously been fully recognized. It is by far the commonest malignant tumour of childhood seen at Mulago Hospital.

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