Free β-subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin in serum is a diagnostically sensitive marker of seminomatous testicular cancer

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1840-1843

  Lempiäinen, Anna ^a   Stenman, Ulf Håkan ^a   Blomqvist, Carl ^a   Hotakainen, Kristina ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SEMINOMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TESTIS CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SEMINOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 55349090621     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.108548     Document Type: Article

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