Comparison of the Bard BTA test with voided urine and bladder wash cytology in the diagnosis and management of cancer of the bladder

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-53

  Leyh, Herbert ^a   Hall, Reginald ^b   Mazeman, Etienne ^b   Blumenstein, Brent A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER IRRIGATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINE;

EID: 0030746634     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00206-9     Document Type: Article

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