Serum level of prostatic acid phosphatase after diagnostic rectal examination. Comparison between spectrophotometric and a radioimmunological assay.
The serum level of prostatic acid phosphatase was measured before and after diagnostic rectal palpation in 24 patients with a clinically normal prostate and in 32 patients with benign hyperplasia of the prostate. There was a significant rise in the 32 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. All of the values had returned to the original level after 24 h. Similar results were obtained with either a spectrophotometric method or a radioimmunoassay.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation; D011467:Prostate / Q000201:enzymology; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012007:Rectum; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013997:Time Factors
D007527:Isoenzymes; D000135:Acid Phosphatase