Microvessel density as a prognostic marker for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 585-590

  Hawke, C K ^a,b   Delahunt, B ^a   Davidson, P J T ^a,b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Bladder; Prognosis; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031819798     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.1998.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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