Background: This study evaluates the ability of MR/to stage transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract. Methods: Nine patients who had transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract detected by other imaging modalities underwent MR/examination at 1.5 T. Imaging included pre-and p
Prognostic value of keratin subtyping in transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract
β Scribed by Cord Langner; Beate J. Wegscheider; Peter Rehak; Manfred Ratschek; Richard Zigeuner
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 426 KB
- Volume
- 445
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-2307
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