PROSPECTIVE VALIDATION OF AN ALGORITHM WITH SYSTEMATIC SEXTANT BIOPSY TO PREDICT PELVIC LYMPH NODE METASTASIS IN PATIENTS WITH CLINICALLY LOCALIZED PROSTATIC CARCINOMA
β Scribed by CONRAD, S; GRAEFEN, M; PICHLMEIER, U; HENKE, R; ERBERSDOBLER, A; HAMMERER, P; HULAND, H
- Book ID
- 122338318
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Volume
- 167
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5347
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