Prostate-specific antigen immunoreactivity in amniotic fluid

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 204-210

  Yu, He ^b   Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; RHESUS INCOMPATIBILITY;

EID: 0028954438     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/41.2.204     Document Type: Article

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