Serum kynurenine/tryptophan ratio is not a potential marker for detecting prostate cancer

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 13-14, 2014, Pages 1347-1348

  Rodríguez Blanco, Giovanny ^a   Burgers, Peter C ^a   Dekker, Lennard J M ^a   Vredenbregt van den Berg, Mirella S ^a   Ijzermans, Jan N M ^a   Schenk Braat, Ellen A M ^a   Jenster, Guido ^a   Luider, Theo M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomarker; IDO; Kynurenine; Prostate cancer; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; KYNURENINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AGED; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; KYNURENINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84901102416     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2014.05.001     Document Type: Letter

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