Do renal failure and hemodialysis have any effect on the elimination of free and total prostate-specific antigen?

Danisman A., Kilic S., Kukul E., Yakupoglu G., Guntekin E., Baykara M., ...More

EUROPEAN UROLOGY, vol.37, no.5, pp.579-581, 2000 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2000
  • Doi Number: 10.1159/000020196
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN UROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.579-581
  • Keywords: PSA free, PSA total, renal disease, end-stage, hemodialysis, SERUM, CANCER, DENSITY, ALPHA-1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN, MEN
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was first to determine the serum levels of free prostate-specific antigen (f-PSA), total prostate-specific antigen (t-PSA) and f-PSA/t-PSA ratios in patients with renal failure, and secondary, to investigate whether a significant difference between serum f-PSA and t-PSA levels consists in patients with end-stage renal disease before and after hemodialysis,