Significance of thCG assay in the management of testicular cancer - The possibility of a standard assay in testicular cancer as an alternative to fβhCG assay

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-29

  Takizawa, Akitoshi ^a   Miura, Takeshi ^b   Kishida, Takeshi ^a   Fujinami, Kiyoshi ^c   Osada, Yutaka ^b   Hattori, Yusuke ^a   Saito, Kazuo ^a   Noguchi, Kazumi ^a   Kubota, Yoshinobu ^d  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c International Goodwill Hospital   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human chorionic gonadotropin; Testicular germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847211742     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.98.23     Document Type: Article

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