Clinical and urographic presentation of transitional cell carcinoma of the ureter in a blackfoot disease endemic area in southern Taiwan

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 443-449

  Lee, Yi Lun ^a   Shih, Ming Chen ^a   Wu, Wen Jeng ^b   Chou, Yii Her ^a   Huang, Chun Hsiung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blackfoot disease; Transitional cell carcinoma; Ureter; Urography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLACKFOOT DISEASE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TAIWAN; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETER CARCINOMA; UROGRAPHY; UROTHELIUM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARSENIC POISONING; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; TAIWAN; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0036764381     PISSN: 02575655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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