Increasing the number of biopsy cores before renal cryoablation increases the diagnostic yield

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 283-286

  Kramer, Brandan A ^a   Whelan, Christopher M ^a   Vestal, J Clifton ^a   Schwartz, Bradley F ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL CRYOABLATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CRYOSURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 60349131745     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0347     Document Type: Article

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