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Uterine Leiomyosarcoma

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Uterine leiomyosarcoma is a malignant neoplasm originating from smooth muscle cells.

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Mocellin, S. (2021). Uterine Leiomyosarcoma. In: Soft Tissue Tumors . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58710-9_250

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