Upper urothelial carcinoma in Balkan endemic nephropathy and non-endemic regions: A comparative study of pathological features

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-96

  Jankovic Velickovic, Ljubinka ^a   Hattori, Takanori ^b   Dolicanin, Zana ^a   Visnjic, Milan ^c   Krstic, Miljan ^a   Ilic, Ivan ^a   Cukuranovic, Rade ^d   Rajic, Milena ^c   Stefanovic, Vladisav ^d  

^a Institute of Pathology   (Serbia)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Serbia)

^d Institute of Nephrology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Balkan endemic nephropathy; Growth pattern; Morphological variables; Upper urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR NECROSIS; UPPER UROTHELIAL CARCINOMA; UROGENITAL TRACT TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALKAN NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; URETERAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58249129717     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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