Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 536-541 , October 2009

Primary Intradural Hemangiopericytoma With Intramedullary Invasion

  • Chiang-Wei Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Chutung Veterans Hospital, Hsinchu, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Sanford P.C. Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Shih-Chieh Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Min-Hsiung Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yang-Hsin Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Liang-Shong Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chun-Fu Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chun-Fu Lin, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 1 April 2009 ,Accepted 16 July 2009.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70424-1

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70424-1

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 536-541 , October 2009

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