Ureteroscopic biopsy: Technique and specimen preparation

Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-119

  Tawfiek, Ehab ^b   Bibbo, Marluce ^b   Bagley, Demetrius H ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; URETER TUMOR; URETEROSCOPY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URETER; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0030805636     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00216-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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