Current concepts in the role of intravesical instillations in the therapy and prophylaxis of superficial transitional-cell cancer of the bladder. The Finnbladder Research Group.

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Published in World J Urol on January 01, 1997

Authors

O Alfthan1, K Jauhiainen, E Kaasinen, T Liukkonen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.

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