Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 182-187 , March 2012

Impact of the expression of Aurora-A, p53, and MIB-1 on the prognosis of urothelial carcinomas of the upper urinary tract

  • Sylvia Scarpini, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Academic Pathology Department, Hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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  • Morgan Rouprêt, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Academic Urology Department, Hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
    • CeRePP, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Pathologies Prostatiques, University Paris, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +003-3660544166; fax: +003-142177112
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  • Raphaële Renard-Penna, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Academic Radiology Department, Hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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  • Philippe Camparo, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Pathology Department, Hôpital d'Instructions des Armées Val-de-Grâce, Paris, France
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  • Olivier Cussenot, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Academic Urology Department, Hôpital Tenon, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
    • CeRePP, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Pathologies Prostatiques, University Paris, Paris, France
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  • Eva Compérat, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Academic Pathology Department, Hôpital La Pitié Salpêtrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

Received 21 October 2009 ,Revised 29 November 2009 ,Accepted 1 December 2009.

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PII: S1078-1439(09)00403-7

doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2009.12.003

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 182-187 , March 2012

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