Detection of circulating uroplakin-positive cells in patients with transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 931-935

  Li, Sharon M ^a   Zhang, Zhong Ting ^a   Chan, Samuel ^a   Mclenan, Orville ^a   Dixon, Christopher ^a   Taneja, Samir ^a   Lepor, Herbert ^a   Sun, Tung Tien ^a   Wu, Xue Rue ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cancer detection; Cancer markers; Metastasis; Uroplakin

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROPLAKIN;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032851546     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199909010-00093     Document Type: Article

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