Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 7 , Pages 357-361 , July 2008

Prepubertal Testicular Germ Cell Tumors: 25-year Experience in Taipei Veterans General Hospital

  • Yin-Shen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Department of Urology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Junne-Yih Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Department of Urology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Junne-Yih Kuo, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C
    • ,
  • Tai-Wai Chin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Department of Surgery, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chou-Fu Wei

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Department of Surgery, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Kuang-Kuo Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Department of Urology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Alex T.L. Lin

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Department of Urology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Luke S. Chang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Department of Urology, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 23 July 2007 ,Accepted 28 April 2008.

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PII: S1726-4901(08)70139-4

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70139-4

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 7 , Pages 357-361 , July 2008

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