Liaison® free PSA-An automated chemiluminescent immunoassay for the determination of free prostate specific antigen (fPSA)

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4 A, 1999, Pages 2763-2765

  König, Bernd ^a,b   Ivankovic, B ^a   Schleff, R ^a   Mack, M ^a  

^a Byk SangtecDiagnostica ^*  (Germany)

^b Byk Sangtec Diagnostica GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunoassay; Liaison free PSA; PSA

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

AUTOANALYSIS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUTOANALYSIS; AUTOMATION; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032586763     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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