Preanalytical determinants of total and free prostate-specific antigen and their ratio: Blood collection and storage conditions

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 685-688

  Jung, Klaus ^a   Von Klinggräff, Philipp ^a   Brux, Brigitte ^a   Sinha, Pranav ^a   Schnorr, Dietmar ^a   Loening, Stefan A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY;

EID: 0031888926     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.3.685     Document Type: Article

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