Archival fixed histologic and cytologic specimens including stained and unstained materials are amenable to RT-PCR

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 222-227

  Liu, Hongxiang ^a   Huang, Xuebiao ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Ye, Hongtao ^a   El Hamidi, Amina ^a   Kocjan, Gabrijela ^a   Dogan, Ahmet ^a   Isaacson, Peter G ^a   Du, Ming Qing ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytologic archive; Formalin fixed and paraffin embedded tissues; G6PD; Histologic archive; MALT lymphoma; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PARAFFIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BONE MATRIX; CHROMOSOME MICRODISSECTION; CYTOLOGY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

DISSECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036891617     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-200212000-00005     Document Type: Article

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