Immunoreactive prostate-specific antigen in pleural effusions

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 847-848

  Mannello, Ferdinando ^a   Miragoli, Giovanni ^b   Bianchi, Giuseppe ^a   Gazzanelli, Giancarlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b Regione Piemonte USL 49   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION;

EID: 0031003390     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.5.847     Document Type: Article

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