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IN adult bilateral cryptorchid human subjects, a correlation has been found between androgen excretion in the urine and the amount of acid phosphatase in the semen1. The suggestion was made that if a similar correlation was found in normal subjects, measurement of acid phosphatase in semen might suffice for appraisal of urinary androgen content. Since specimens of urine are usually more easily obtained than those of semen, it seemed to be worth while to determine whether a correlation exists between urinary androgens and urinary acid phosphatase.
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ROBINSON, A., WARREN, F. Presence of Substances Inhibitory to Acid Phosphatase in Normal Human Urine. Nature 161, 397–398 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161397c0
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