Serum prostate-specific antigen in healthy Chinese men: Establishment of age-specific reference ranges

Neoplasma

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-105

  Lin, W Y ^a,b   Gu, C J ^a   Kao, C H ^a   Changlai, S P ^b   Wang, S J ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese; healthy; prostate specific antigen; reference ranges

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PROSTATE CANCER;

EID: 0029899733     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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