Improvement of the specificity of PSA in the diagnostic grey area (4-10 ng/ml) by means of human glandular kallikrein;Verbesserung der spezifitat des PSA's in der diagnostischen grauzone 4- 10 ng/ml durch human glandulares kallikrein

Urologe - Ausgabe A

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 421-423

  Recker, F ^a   Kwiatowski, M K ^a   Piironen, T ^b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KALLIKREIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TISSUE KALLIKREIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE KALLIKREINS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031857828     PISSN: 03402592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001200050201     Document Type: Article

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