Inflammatory infiltrate (prostatitis) in whole mounted radical prostatectomy specimens from black and white patients is not an etiology for racial difference in prostate specific antigen

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-136

  Zhang, Wei ^b   Sesterhenn, Isabell A ^b   Connelly, Roger R ^b   Mostofi, F K ^b   Moul, Judd W ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blacks; Prostate neoplasms; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatitis; Whites

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATITIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033992026     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67988-8     Document Type: Article

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