Correlation between filling defect patterns on urography and pathologic staging of ureteral transitional cell carcinomas

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 447-451

  Lee, Yi Lun ^a   Huang, Shu Pin ^b   Shih, Min Chen ^b   Chou, Yii Her ^b   Huang, Chun Hsiung ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Neoplasm; Transitional cell carcinoma; Ureter; Urography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETER CARCINOMA; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0142027833     PISSN: 02575655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70489-9     Document Type: Article

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