Age-related free PSA, total PSA and free PSA/total PSA ratios: Establishment of reference ranges in chinese males

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2B, 1997, Pages 1361-1366

  Kao, Chia Hung ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age related free PSA; Chinese males; PSA

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINESE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REFERENCE VALUE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030890467     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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