Specific determination of germ cell alkaline phosphatase for early diagnosis and monitoring of seminoma: Performance and limitations of different analytical techniques

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 273, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-147

  Otto, Viviane I ^a   Schär, Beatrice K ^a   Sulser, Tullio ^b   Hänseler, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnostic specificity; Germ cell alkaline phosphatase; Immunoassay; Ion exchange chromatography; Seminoma; Two dimensional electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINOMA; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; NEURAMINIDASE; SEMINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032565716     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(98)00031-X     Document Type: Article

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