Prostate-specific antigen in female serum, a potential new marker of androgen excess

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 777-780

  Melegos, Dimitrios N ^a,b   Yu, He ^a,b   Ashok, Mala ^c   Wang, Chun ^c   Stanczyk, Frank ^c   Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^a,b,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Depts of Pathol and Lab Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANEDIOL; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

EID: 0031049144     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.3.3792     Document Type: Article

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