Large cell undifferentiated carcinoma of the urinary bladder

Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 364-368

  Lopez Beltran, Antonio ^a   Cheng, Liang ^c   Comperat, Eva ^d   Rouprt, Morgan ^e   Blanca, Ana ^a   Menendez, Carmen L ^b   Montironi, Rodolfo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Hospital de Cabuees   (Spain)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Pathology Service   (United States)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Large cell carcinoma; Undifferentiated carcinoma; Urinary bladder; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951985788     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00313021003767363     Document Type: Article

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