Application of microsatellite PCR techniques in the identification of mixed up tissue specimens in surgical pathology

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 238-240

  Gras, Esther ^a   Matias Guiu, Xavier ^a   Catasus, Lluis ^a   Arguelles, Rosmary ^a   Cardona, Dolors ^a   Prat, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microsatellite PCR; Mislabelled tissue; Mixed up specimens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOMETRIUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGIOMA; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0034119629     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.53.3.238     Document Type: Article

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