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Case Report

Significance of the time period between diagnosis of muscle invasion and radical cystectomy with regard to the prognosis of transitional cell carcinoma of the urothelium in the bladder

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Pages 231-235 | Received 27 Oct 2003, Accepted 10 Feb 2004, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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