Assessment of basal cell status and proliferative patterns in flat and papillary urothelial lesions: A contribution to the new WHO classification of urothelial tumors of the urinary bladder

Human Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 745-750

  Helpap, Burkhard ^a,b,c   Kollermann, Jens ^a,b  

^a Hegau Klinikum   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Hegau Clinic   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin; Flat and papillary urothelial neoplasms; Proliferation index

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BLADDER TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033922450     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2000.8224     Document Type: Article

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