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Original Article

Secretions from seminal vesicles lack characteristic markers for prostasomes

Göran Sahlén Department of Urology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Ove Nilsson Department of Medical Cell Biology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anders Larsson Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Lena Carlsson Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Bo Johan Norlén Department of Urology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Gunnar Ronquist Department of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Pages 107-112 | Received 19 Aug 2009, Accepted 25 Sep 2009, Published online: 30 Nov 2009

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