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Pretreatment Diagnosis of Suprasellar Papillary Craniopharyngioma and Germ Cell Tumors of Adult Patients

H.-J. Lee, C.-C. Wu, H.-M. Wu, S.-C. Hung, J.-F. Lirng, C.-B. Luo, F.-C. Chang and W.-Y. Guo
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2015, 36 (3) 508-517; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4142
H.-J. Lee
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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C.-C. Wu
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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H.-M. Wu
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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S.-C. Hung
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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J.-F. Lirng
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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C.-B. Luo
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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F.-C. Chang
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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H.-J. Lee, C.-C. Wu, H.-M. Wu, S.-C. Hung, J.-F. Lirng, C.-B. Luo, F.-C. Chang, W.-Y. Guo
Pretreatment Diagnosis of Suprasellar Papillary Craniopharyngioma and Germ Cell Tumors of Adult Patients
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2015, 36 (3) 508-517; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4142

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American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2015, 36 (3) 508-517; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4142
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