Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 42-46 , January 2006

Endometriosis Associated with Hemothorax

  • Hung-Tsung Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hong-Chung Wang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr. Hong-Chung Wang, Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386, Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Ia-Tang Huang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Huang-Chou Chang

      Affiliations

    • Division of Thoracic Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Jau-Yeong Lu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest MedicineDepartment of Internal Medicine, E-DA Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 3 January 2005 ,Accepted 10 August 2005.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70110-8

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70110-8

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 69, Issue 1 , Pages 42-46 , January 2006

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