The effect of decalcification on in situ hybridization

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1009-1014

  Arber, Janet M ^a   Weiss, Lawrence M ^a   Chang, Karen L ^a   Battifora, Hector ^a   Arber, Daniel A ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decalcification; In situ hybridization; Paraffin embedded tissues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

CHELATING AGENTS; DECALCIFICATION TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM;

EID: 0030844147     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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