The effect of fixation type on dna extracted from paraffin-embedded tissue for pcr studies in dermatopathology

Dermatology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-107

  Alaibac, M ^a   Filotico, R ^b   Giannella, C ^a   Paradiso, A ^a   Labriola, A ^a   Marzullo, F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fixatives; Human skin; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; PHOSPHOGLYCERATE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ONCOGENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; TISSUE FIXATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 0030746890     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000245709     Document Type: Article

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