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Placental-like alkaline phosphatase in seminoma

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Tumor marker identification in testicular cancer has contributed to early detection and monitoring of non-seminomatous disease. A placental alkaline phosphatase-like (PLAP-like) enzyme derived from seminomas has recently been focused upon as a possible marker for this disease. The biochemistry of the PLAP-like enzyme is reviewed, as well as its occurrence in tissue and sera from healthy persons and patients with testicular cancer.

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  2. Department of Urology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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  3. Department of Virology, National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden

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Koshida, K., Wahren, B. Placental-like alkaline phosphatase in seminoma. Urol. Res. 18, 87–92 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00302465

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