RT Book, Section
A1 Wener, Mark H.
A1 Muller, Charles H.
A2 Laposata, Michael
SR Print(0)
ID 1158022370
T1 Male Genital Tract*
T2 Laposata's Laboratory Medicine: Diagnosis of Disease in the Clinical Laboratory, 3e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260116793
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1158022370
RD 2024/04/19
AB Understand  how  prostate-specific  antigen  (PSA)  is  used  in  the  monitoring  of  prostate  cancer,  and  controversies  regarding  use  of  PSA  as  a  cancer  screening  test.Learn  how  β-human  chorionic  gonadotropin  (β-hCG),  alpha-fetoprotein  (AFP),  and  lactate  dehydrogenase  (LD)  levels  are  used  in  the  management  of  patients  with  certain  germ  cell  testicular  tumors.Learn  the  potential  and  limitations  of  bladder  cancer  urine  markers.Learn  how  tests  of  androgen  metabolism  and  regulation  can  be  used  in  diagnosis  of  male  gonadal  dysfunction.Learn  the  major  causes  of  male  infertility,  and  the  major  tests  involved  in  semen  analysis.Learn  some  of  the  issues  involved  in  laboratory  testing  of  transgender  individuals.