EXAMINATION OF THE 3 MOLECULAR FORMS OF SERUM PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN FOR DISTINGUISHING NEGATIVE FROM POSITIVE BIOPSY: RELATIONSHIP TO TRANSITION ZONE VOLUME
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 163 (1) , 119-126
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(05)67986-4
Abstract
Purpose: We evaluated the relative usefulness of total, free and complexed serum prostate specific antigen (PSA), and their ratios for distinguishing positive from negative biopsy of prostates in a...Keywords
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