Diagnostic accuracy and key cytologic features of high-grade transitional cell carcinoma in the upper urinary tract

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 657-662

  Potts, Scot A ^a   Thomas, Patricia A ^a   Cohen, Michael B ^a   Raab, Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytology; Diagnosis; Logistic regression; Transitional cell carcinoma; Upper urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030844783     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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