Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 253-256 , September 2006

Poor Prognosis of Intraoperative Rupture of Mature Cystic Teratoma with Malignant Transformation

  • Kuo-Chang Wen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei-Ming Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Nae-Fang Twu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pwu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cardinal Tien Hospital-Hsintien, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Peng-Hui Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Peng-Hui Wang, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan

,Accepted 2 May 2006.

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PII: S1028-4559(09)60236-9

doi: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60236-9

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 253-256 , September 2006

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