Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 7 , Pages 298-301 , July 2007

Otocephaly

  • Kwei-Shuai Hwang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tri-service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Hualien, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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  • Dah-Ching Ding

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Medical Science, School of Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Dah-Ching Ding, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Center, 707, Section 3, Chung Yang Road, Hualien 970, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yin-Kwan Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tri-service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Hualien, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wei-Hwa Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tri-service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Hualien, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Tang-Yuan Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 29 June 2006 ,Accepted 16 April 2007.

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PII: S1726-4901(07)70009-6

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(07)70009-6

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 7 , Pages 298-301 , July 2007

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