Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 177-187 , September 2008

Current Status of Interventional Neuroradiology (Neurointerventional Surgery)

  • Hon-Man Liu

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Medical Imaging and Radiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 20 September 2007 ,Revised 9 October 2007 ,Accepted 1 November 2007.

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