Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 119-124 , June 2008

Association Between Positive iNOS mRNA Expression and Recurrence-free Survival Among Patients with Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer

  • Chih-Ming Lu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Urology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Allen W. Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health, Taipei City Government, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Health, Taipei City Government, 1, Shi Fu Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Lun Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ying-Huei Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ying-Chin Ko

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Received 14 September 2007 ,Revised 13 November 2007 ,Accepted 28 November 2007.

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Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 119-124 , June 2008

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