Prostate-specific antigen

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
Synonymous names:	PSA
METEOR identifier:	598091
Registration status:	Health, Standard 14/05/2015
Definition:	A protein produced by cells of the prostate gland. Variations in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) can be an indicator for prostate cancer and a number of other benign conditions in males.

Relational attributes
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Person—prostate-specific antigen level, nanograms per millilitre Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Person—prostate-specific antigen test date, DDMMYYYY Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Prostate cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015