Copper, zinc, and Cu/Zn ratio in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 342-347

  Golabek, Tomasz ^a   Darewicz, Barbara ^a   Borawska, Maria ^a   Socha, Katarzyna ^a   Markiewicz, Renata ^a   Kudelski, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Copper; Cu Zn ratio; Zinc

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROL GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TISSUE LEVEL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; ZINC;

EID: 84868194482     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341976     Document Type: Article

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