A novel technique for the examination of skin biopsies by laser capture microdissection

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 265-270

  Agar, N S ^a   Halliday, G M ^a,b   Barnetson, R St C ^a   Jones, A M ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISSECTION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL SEPARATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; LASERS; MICRODISSECTION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037879059     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0303-6987.2003.052.x     Document Type: Article

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