Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S51-S54 , 2007

Malignant Epithelioid Angiomyolipoma of the Kidney

  • Kuo-How Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chao-Yuan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shiu-Dong Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yeong-Shiau Pu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Tung Shun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chia-Tung Shun, Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jun Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 26 October 2005 ,Revised 25 November 2005 ,Accepted 7 March 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60353-3

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60353-3

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 2, Supplement , Pages S51-S54 , 2007

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