Prostate specific antigen predominantly forms a complex with alpha1‐antichymotrypsin in blood. Implications for procedures to measure prostate specific antigen in serum

Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 1 S, 1992, Pages 230-234

  Lilja, Hans ^a   Cockett, Abraham T K ^a   Abrahamsson, Per‐Anders ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

alpha1 antichymotrypsin; benign prostatic hyperplasia; glandular kallikreins; immunoassays; prostate cancer; prostate specific antigen; serine proteinase inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; KALLIKREIN; PROSTATE ANTIGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG BINDING; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MIXTURE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY;

ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; KALLIKREINS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0026624757     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19920701)70:1+<230::AID-CNCR2820701310>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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