The clinical value of the ratio of free prostate specific antigen to total prostate specific antigen

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 675-680

  Dalva, I ^a   Akan, H ^a   Yildiz, O ^a   Telli, C ^a   Bingol, N ^a  

^a Bayindir Medical Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATISM; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033503926     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007116807012     Document Type: Article

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