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Original Article

Prognostic Factors in Nodular Transitional Cell Bladder Tumours

P. K. LipponenDepartment of Pathology, University of Kuopio
,
M. J. EskelinenDepartment of Surgery, University of Kuopio
,
K. JauhiainenDepartment of Surgery, Mikkeli Central Hospital
,
E. HarjuDepartment of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital
,
R. TerhoDepartment of Surgery, Savonlinna Central Hospital, and Pathology, University of Tampere, Finland
&
H. HaapasaloDepartment of Pathology, University of Tampere, Finland
Pages 205-210 | Received 28 Nov 1991, Accepted 18 Jul 1992, Published online: 15 Feb 2010

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