title: [Serum gamma-seminoprotein on patients suffering from urinary retention due to BPH].
abstract: Serum gamma-Seminoprotein (gamma-Sm) of 33 patients suffering from urinary retention due to BPH was evaluated. In acute urinary retention gamma-Sm was 17.1 +/- 54.9 ng/ml (N = 33) and its positive rate was 72.7%. After indwelling urethral catherization for one week gamma-Sm fell to 3.7 +/- 3.6 ng/ml (N = 17) and its positive rate was 42.8%. gamma-Sm measured after one month was negative on all cases. It was showed that gamma-Sm in acute urinary retention increased and after releasing from urinary retention it was rapidly normalized. It is necessary to take into account the above mentioned findings on evaluation of gamma-Sm as a tumormarker of prostatic carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Yokosukahokubu Kyosai Hospital Yokosuka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kohdaira
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ebato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uemura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications*; D029584:Prostatic Secretory Proteins; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D029584:Prostatic Secretory Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D029589:Seminal Plasma Proteins; C043076:beta-microseminoprotein