Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages S29-S32 , 2007

Isolated Femoral Nerve Neuropathy After Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Treatment

  • Ho-Tsung Hsin

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Juey-Jen Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Juey-Jen Hwang, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 12 August 2005 ,Revised 15 November 2005 ,Accepted 10 January 2006.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60363-6

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60363-6

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 106, Issue 3, Supplement , Pages S29-S32 , 2007

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