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Reply to Improvement of specificity in PSA-based screening by using PSA-transition zone density and percent free PSA in addition to total PSA levels

✍ Scribed by Benson, Mitchell C.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 59 KB
Volume: 37
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-4137
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0045(19981101)37:3<138::aid-pros2>3.0.co;2-o

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