Variation in percentage-free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) with prostate volume, age and total PSA level

BJU International

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 638-642

  Tornblom M ^a   Norming, U ^b   Becker, C ^c   Lilja, H ^c   Gustafsson, O ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age; Percentage free PSA; Prostate volume; PSA; Variation

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CALCULATION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORGAN SIZE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035732079     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2001.02143.x     Document Type: Article

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