The discovery of prostate-specific antigen

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-10

  Rao, Amrith Raj ^a   Motiwala, Hanif G ^a   Karim, Omer M A ^a  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discovery; History; Prostate specific antigen; PSA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA SEMINOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN E1; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P30;

ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BIRTH CONTROL; CHRONOLOGY; DISEASE MARKER; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEMEN;

EID: 36849056649     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07138.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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