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The discussion on the difference between the sexes received significant impulses from the formation of feminist theory. Masculinity was interpreted in a rather morally negative manner. Masculinity continuously endeavors to achieve reproduction and self-confirmation. Competitive pursuit of hegemony is the preeminent pattern by which masculine identity is formed. Male socialization leads to externalization, which impedes the development of communicative skills. Males tend to lead a high-risk life-style, which instrumentalizes their body. Symptoms are less often interpreted as warning signals, reflected in a significantly reduced life expectancy in comparison to females. In view of the specific male socialization, the Frankfurt concept of "men's health counseling" attempts to create a professional atmosphere in which men seeking advice are offered the opportunity to consult a specialist on all topics of men's health anonymously and, for the moment, free of charge.

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Zusammenfassung: In dieser Studie wurde der immunoluminometrische BeriLux 9 PSA-Test mit zwei radioimmunologischen und einem fluorometrischen Verfahren verglichen. Für den BeriLux 9 PSA wurden an 150 gesunden Probanden (100 Männer und 50 Frauen) die Referenzbereiche ermittelt. Bei Männern lag die 95%-Perzentile bei 3,77 ng/ml, für Frauen lag die 95%-Perzentile bei 0,1 ng/ml. Der Korrelationskoeffizient zwischen der immunoluminometrischen Methode und radioimmunologischen Methode liegt bei r = 0,99, die analytische Sensitivität von BeriLux 9 PSA liegt bei 0,03 ng/ml. Die Stabilität der Serumproben bei Lagerungstemperaturen zwischen 2°C und 8°C ist über einen Tag garantiert. Über diesen Zeitraum hinaus sollten Serumproben bei-20° C gelagert werden. Schlüsselwörter: Prostataspezifisches Antigen -Chemilumineszenz-immunologische Methoden Summary: In this study we compared the immunoluminometric BeriLux 9 PSA test with three other routine tests, two radioimmunological and a fluoroimmunometric one. Therefore we evaluated a reference ränge for the BeriLux® PSA test on 150 healthy volunteers (100 men and 50 women).In men 95 percentage of the values were by 3.77 ng/ml, in women by 0.1 ng/ml. The correlation between the immunoluminometric and radioimmunologic method is very good with an r = 0.99. The sensitivity of the analysis is at a level of 0.03 ng/ml. The specimen remains stable at a storage temperature between 2-8°C for 24 hours. In case of a longer storage period a storage temperature of-20°C should be chosen.