Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 118-122 , June 2009

High Incidence of Transitional Cell Carcinoma in Kidney Transplant Recipients in Eastern Taiwan

  • Jing-Liang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Human Genetics, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Guan-Jin Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ying-Chin Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Hui Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kuei-Chun Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Che Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Surgery, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 4 July 2008 ,Revised 23 July 2008 ,Accepted 8 August 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(09)60022-7

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(09)60022-7

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 118-122 , June 2009

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