Continuing role of a frozen-tissue bank in molecular pathology

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 253-259

  Naber, Stephen P ^a,b,c  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA banking; Frozen tissue bank; Molecular pathology; Tissue freezing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DETERMINATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOGENETICS; DNA; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 0029855974     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-199612000-00005     Document Type: Article

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