The role of bladder neck biopsy in men undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy with preservation of the bladder neck

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 6 II, 1998, Pages 2435-2439

  Lepor, Herbert ^a   Chan, Samuel ^a   Melamed, Jonathan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Bladder; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER BIOPSY; BLADDER NECK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 0032824279     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62205-5     Document Type: Article

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