Significance of the BTA test in bladder cancer: A multicenter trial

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 557-560

  Miyanaga, Naoto ^c   Akaza, Hideyuki ^a   Kameyama, Shuji ^c   Hachiya, Takahiko ^c   Ozono, Seiichiro ^c   Kuroda, Masao ^c   Koga, Hirofumi ^c   Koiso, Kenkichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IBARAKI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Bladder tumor antigen; Tumor antigens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE CYTOLOGY;

EID: 0031451769     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.1997.tb00308.x     Document Type: Article

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