Utility of the Bard BTA test in detecting upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 956-958

  Zimmerman, Robert L ^a   Bagley, Demetrius ^b   Hawthorne, Clementine ^b   Bibbo, Marluce ^b  

^a PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032101599     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(98)00115-0     Document Type: Article

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