Endocervicosis of the bladder: Report of a case and review of the current literature

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-94

  Heretis, John ^a   Stamatiou, Konstantinos ^a,b   Papadimitriou, Vaios ^a   Giannikaki, Eleni ^a   Stathopoulos, Efstathios ^a   Sofras, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bladder; Endocervicosis; Metaplasia; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

EID: 65549139748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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