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Chapter 25 - ♂♀ Pathology of the Female and Male Urethra

from Section 7 - Urethra and Non-transitional Tumors of the Bladder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2019

Maria Rosaria Raspollini
Affiliation:
University Hospital Careggi, Florence
Antonio Lopez-Beltran
Affiliation:
Cordoba University Medical School
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Gynecologic and Urologic Pathology
Similarities, Differences and Challenges
, pp. 285 - 303
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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