Unusual clinical presentation of upper urothelial carcinoma in Taiwan

Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1342-1344

  Chou, Yii Her ^a   Huang, Chun Hsiung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clinical presentation; Gender ratio; Transitional cell carcinoma; Upper urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY TRACT CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033559222     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990315)85:6<1342::AID-CNCR17>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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