Editorial comment. Association between glomerular filtration rate, free, total, and percent free prostate-specific antigen

Editorial

Anders Christensson et al. Urology. 2010 Nov.

. 2010 Nov;76(5):1046-7; author reply 1047.

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.06.057.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Statement: Dr. Hans Lilja holds patents for free PSA and hK2 assays.

Association between glomerular filtration rate, free, total, and percent free prostate-specific antigen.
Joseph DA, Thompson T, Saraiya M, Werny DM. Joseph DA, et al. Urology. 2010 Nov;76(5):1042-6. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.05.100. Epub 2009 Sep 25. Urology. 2010. PMID: 19781743

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