In vitro stability of free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and prostate- specific antigen (PSA) complexed to α1-antichymotrypsin in blood samples

Urology

Volumn 48, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 81-87

  Piironen, Timo ^a,b   Pettersson, Kim ^a   Suonpää, Mikko ^b   Stenman, Ulf Håkan ^c   Oesterling, Joseph E ^d   Lövgren, Timo ^a   Lilja, Hans ^e  

^a Department of Biotechnology ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN; HUMANS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030448714     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00616-4     Document Type: Article

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