Use of FTA Gene Guard filter paper for the storage and transportation of tumor cells for molecular testing

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-63

  Dobbs, Larry J ^a   Madigan, Merle N ^a   Carter, Alexis B ^a   Earls, Lori ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STORAGE; TUMOR CELL;

CYTODIAGNOSIS; DNA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAPER; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0036155496     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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