Color Doppler ultrasonography findings of bladder tumors: Correlation with stage and histopathologic grade

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 481-486

  Karahan, O I ^a,b   Yikilmaz, A ^a   Ekmekcioglu, O ^a   Ozturk, F ^a   Sevinc, H ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bladder; Color Doppler ultrasonography; Transitional cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELL CULTURE; DOPPLER EFFECT; PATHOLOGY; SURGERY; TUMORS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL GRADES; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; URINARY BLADDER;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4444340998     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841850410005390     Document Type: Article

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