Urology
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 662-666 , October 2007

Grade of Hydronephrosis and Tumor Diameter as Preoperative Prognostic Factors in Ureteral Transitional Cell Carcinoma

  • Kang Su Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Sung Joon Hong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Nam Hoon Cho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Young Deuk Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Young Deuk Choi, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Urology and Urological Science Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea.

Received 6 February 2007 ,Accepted 26 June 2007.

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PII: S0090-4295(07)01785-2

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.06.1106

Urology
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 662-666 , October 2007

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