VALUE OF PSA VELOCITY FOR PREDICTING BIOPSY OUTCOME IN PREVIOUSLY SCREENED MEN PARTICIPATING IN THE EUROPEAN RANDOMIZED STUDY OF PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING (ERSPC)
β Scribed by Lilja, Hans; Vickers, Andrew J; Cronin, Angel M; Scardino, Peter T; Aus, Gunnar; Roobol, Monique J; Hugosson, Jonas; Schroder, Fritz H
- Book ID
- 123198496
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Volume
- 179
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5347
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