Impact of academic affiliation on radical cystectomy outcomes in North America: A population-based study

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 245-250

  Bianchi, Marco ^a,b   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^b,c   Sun, Maxine ^b   Meskawi, Malek ^b   Schmitges, Jan ^b,d   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^e   Brigant, Lberto ^a   Tian, Zhe ^b   Jeldre, Claudio ^b   Sukumar, Shyam ^c   Peabody, James O ^c   Graefen, Markus ^d   Perrotte, Paul ^b   Menon, Mani ^c   Montorsi, Francesco ^a   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^b  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84865836144     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.12032     Document Type: Article

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