Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1620-1623 , November 1999

Prenatally detected tumor mass in the adrenal gland

  • Jer-Nan Lin

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jer-Nan Lin, MD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, 5, Fu-Hsing St, Kweishan Hsiang, Taoyuan, Taiwan33332.
    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • ,
  • Ghi-Jen Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • ,
  • Iou-Jih Hung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • ,
  • Chun Hsueh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Children's Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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☆ Presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Beijing, China, May 9–14, 1999.

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Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 11 , Pages 1620-1623 , November 1999

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