RATIO OF FREE-TO-TOTAL PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN IN SERUM CANNOT DISTINGUISH PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER FROM THOSE WITH CHRONIC INFLAMMATION OF THE PROSTATE
- 1 May 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 159 (5) , 1595-1598
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005392-199805000-00050
Abstract
Purpose: We demonstrate the effect of chronic inflammation of the prostate on the ratio of free-to-total prostate specific antigen (PSA) in serum calculated as a percentage of free PSA and,...Keywords
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