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Original Article

The Stage i Yolk SAC Tumor of Testis in Children Younger than 2 Years, Chemotherapy or not?

Hsi-Che Liu Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
,
Der-Cherng Liang Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
,
Shu-Huey Chen Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
,
Fang-Ling Liu Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
,
Pei-Yeh Chang Department of Pediatrics Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
,
Jin-Cherng Sheu Department of Pediatrics Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
&
Nien-Lu Wang Department of Pediatrics Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Pages 223-228 | Received 24 Mar 1997, Accepted 29 Jul 1997, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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