Prostatic adenocarcinoma diagnosed by prostate-specific antigen analysis of pleural fluid

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 197-198

  Brown, Gordon A ^a   Ginsberg, Phillip C ^a   Harkaway, Richard C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant pleural effusion; Prostate carcinoma; Prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031869186     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030252     Document Type: Article

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