Reproducibility and Accuracy of Measurements of Free and Total Prostate-Specific Antigen in Serum vs Plasma after Long-Term Storage at −20 °C | Zendy

David Ulmert | Zendy; Charlotte Becker | Zendy; JanÅke Nilsson | Zendy; Timo Piironen | Zendy; Thomas Björk | Zendy; Jonas Hugosson | Zendy; Göran Berglund | Zendy; Hans Lilja | Zendy

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Reproducibility and Accuracy of Measurements of Free and Total Prostate-Specific Antigen in Serum vs Plasma after Long-Term Storage at −20 °C

Author(s) -

David Ulmert,

Charlotte Becker,

JanÅke Nilsson,

Timo Piironen,

Thomas Björk,

Jonas Hugosson,

Göran Berglund,

Hans Lilja

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

clinical chemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705

H-Index - 218

eISSN - 1530-8561

pISSN - 0009-9147

DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2005.050641

Subject(s) - reproducibility , prostate specific antigen , chromatography , medicine , prostate , chemistry , urology , cancer

Long-term frozen storage may alter the results of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) measurements, mainly because of degradation of free PSA (fPSA) in vitro. We compared the effects of long-term storage on fPSA, total PSA (tPSA), and complexed PSA (cPSA) in serum vs EDTA-plasma samples.

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