Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 4 , Pages 287-292 , April 2010

18 Years Surgical Experience With Mediastinal Mature Teratoma

  • Chin-Chih Chang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Traumatology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yih-Leong Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jang-Ming Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jin-Shing Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsao-Hsun Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pei-Ming Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yung-Chie Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Yung-Chie Lee, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan

Received 21 May 2009 ,Revised 18 August 2009 ,Accepted 1 September 2009.

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Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 4 , Pages 287-292 , April 2010

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