Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 78-81 , January 2008

MRI of hemangioblastoma in the conus medullaris

  • Chia-Yuen Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 116, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Medical University-Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei 116, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Pao-Huan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 116, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Min-Szu Yao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Medical University-Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei 116, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Jan-Show Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 116, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • ,
  • Wing P. Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 116, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Department of Radiology, Taipei Medical University-Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei 116, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Radiology, Taipei Medical University-Municipal Wan Fang Hospital, 111 Hsing Long Road, Section 3, Taipei 116, Taiwan, Republic of China. Tel.: +886 2 2930 7930x1300; fax: +886 2 2931 6809.

Received 31 July 2006 ,Revised 6 August 2007 ,Accepted 15 August 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2007.08.008

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 78-81 , January 2008

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