The Journal of Urology
Volume 174, Issue 2 , Pages 736-740 , August 2005

ENDOSCOPIC CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY OF NORMAL AND TUMOR BEARING RAT BLADDER

,Accepted 31 August 2004.

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 Supported by La Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer France Meuse (55).

PII: S0022-5347(01)68382-4

doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000164729.36663.8d

The Journal of Urology
Volume 174, Issue 2 , Pages 736-740 , August 2005

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