Prostatic calculi do not influence the level of serum prostate specific antigen in men without clinically detectable prostate cancer or prostatitis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 745-748

  Lee, Sang Eun ^a,b,c   Ku, Ja Hyeon ^d   Park, Hyoung Keun ^c   Kwak, Cheol ^a,b   Jeong, Hyeon ^e   Kim, Seung Hyup ^a  

^a Department of Urology ^*  (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Military Manpower Administration   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calculi; Prostate; Prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE STONE; PROSTATITIS; RECTUM; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STONE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0042237771     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000081650.23715.4c     Document Type: Article

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