Transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: Spectrum of imaging findings

Radiographics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1609-1627

  Browne, Ronan F J ^a   Meehan, Conor P ^a   Colville, Jane ^a   Power, Raymond ^a   Torreggiani, William C ^a  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URETER TUMOR; UROGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 28144432406     PISSN: 15271323     EISSN: 15271323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.256045517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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