Serum prostate-specific antigen measured in children from birth to age 18 years

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 420-423

  Randell, Edward W ^a,b   Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^a,c   Ellis, Graham ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b New Janeway Childrens Health and Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

neonates; pediatric chemistry; sex differentiation disorders; steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREPUBERTY; PUBERTY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER;

EID: 0029881590     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.3.420     Document Type: Article

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