Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 9 , Pages 701-707 , 2006

Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Rosai-Dorfman Disease in a Medical Center in Northern Taiwan

  • Cheng-Hsiang Hsiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taipei College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tsen-Fang Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology and, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ting-Hua Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Ming Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chia-Ming Liu, Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 18 October 2005 ,Revised 1 December 2005 ,Accepted 6 February 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60197-2

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60197-2

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 105, Issue 9 , Pages 701-707 , 2006

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