Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 144-146 , June 2008

Ketamine-associated Ulcerative Cystitis

  • Yung-Chien Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Imaging, Min-Sheng General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chin-Ming Jeng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzu-Chieh Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Cathay General Hospital, 280, Section 4, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 11 September 2007 ,Revised 19 October 2007 ,Accepted 22 November 2007.

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60026-9

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60026-9

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 144-146 , June 2008

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