Primary adenocarcinoma of the urinary bladder: Differential diagnosis and clinical relevance

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 371-381

  Zhong, Minghao ^a   Gersbach, Elizabeth ^a   Rohan, Stephen M ^a   Yang, Ximing J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; METASTASIS; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84874749543     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2012-0076-RA     Document Type: Article

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