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Tumor Grade Heterogeneity in Urothelial Bladder Carcinoma?Proposal of a System Using Combined Numbers

Athanase Billis, Rita B. Carvalho, Amilcar C. Mattos, Fábio Negretti, Cintia R. Nogueira, Monica C. B. M. Oliveira, José T. Valença Jr, Randall L. Adam, Ana C. S. Cotta, Mônica S. Nunes, Paula V. V. Dinamarco From the Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
Pages 275-279 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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