An efficient method for the assessment of DNA quality of archival microdissected specimens

Modern Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 889-892

  Siwoski, Arek ^a   Ishkanian, Adrian ^a   Garnis, Cathie ^a   Zhang, Lewei ^a   Rosin, Miriam ^a   Lam, Wan L ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA quality; Formalin fixed archival biopsy; Microdissection; Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA MARKER; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; GENETICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH TUMOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMAN; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; HUMANS;

EID: 0036668011     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MP.0000024288.63070.4F     Document Type: Article

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