Uselessness of percutaneous core needle renal biopsy in the management of small renal masses

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-126

  Pusiol, Teresa ^a   Zorzi, Maria Grazia ^a   Morichetti, Doriana ^a   Piscioli, Irene ^b   Scialpi, Michele ^c  

^a Rovereto Hospital   (Italy)

^b Budrio Hospital   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUMOR; LETTER; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR BURDEN; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 80051796764     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328195     Document Type: Letter

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