Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 5 , Pages 397-400 , May 2010

Pulmonary Manifestations and Management of Proteus Syndrome

  • Chia-Ying Li

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, 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
    • ,
  • Wei-Chou Chen

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

Received 2 February 2009 ,Revised 17 April 2009 ,Accepted 26 June 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(10)60069-1

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60069-1

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 5 , Pages 397-400 , May 2010

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