Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 325-329 , May 2012

Microvessel density as a prognostic factor in penile squamous cell carcinoma

  • Amr Al-Najar, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-431-597-4411; fax: +49-431-597-1957
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Sakhr Al-Sanabani, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Neuköln Clinic, Vivantes, Berlin, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Joanna Beate Korda, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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  • Axel Hegele, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Giessen and Marburg GmbH, Marburg, Germany
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  • Christian Bolenz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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  • Hermann Herbst, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Neuköln Clinic, Vivantes, Berlin, Germany
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  • Klaus-Peter Jönemann, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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  • Carsten Maik Naumann, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Received 12 February 2010 ,Revised 24 March 2010 ,Accepted 26 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2010.03.016

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 325-329 , May 2012

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