Feasibility of archival non-buffered formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissues for PCR amplification: An analysis of resected gastric carcinoma

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 997-1004

  Inoue, Teruhiko ^a   Nabeshima, Kazuki ^a   Kataoka, Hiroaki ^a   Koono, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deoxyribonucleic acid; Gastric cancer; p53; Paraffin embedded tissue; Polymerase chain reaction; Temperature gradient gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBEDDING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030451826     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03580.x     Document Type: Article

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