Prostatic zinc and prostate specific antigen: An experimental evaluation of their combined diagnostic value

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 2258-2262

  Vartsky, D ^a   Shilstein, S ^b   Bercovich, A ^b,c   Huszar, M ^c   Breskin, A ^a   Chechik, R ^b   Korotinsky, S ^b,c   Malnick, S D ^c   Moriel, E ^c  

^a SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Prostate; Prostate specific antigen; Prostatic neoplasms; Spectrometry; X ray emission; Zinc

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RELIABILITY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0242692582     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000095795.86327.b8     Document Type: Article

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