Prostate specific antigen is metabolized in the liver

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1332-1335

  Agha, Arif H ^a   Schechter, Eliot ^b   Roy, Johnny B ^b   Culkin, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

metabolism; prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029940631     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66259-1     Document Type: Article

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