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Original Article

The Reliability of Staging and Grading of Bladder Tumours

Impact of Misinformation on the Pathologist's Diagnosis

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Pages 349-353 | Received 01 Apr 1992, Accepted 09 Oct 1992, Published online: 15 Feb 2010

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