Measurement of telomere length on tissue sections using quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridization (Q-FISH)

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 200, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 661-666

  Ferlicot, Sophie ^a,b   Youssef, Nelly ^b   Feneux, Danielle ^a   Delhommeau, François ^c   Paradis, Valérie ^a,b   Bedossa, Pierre ^a,b  

^a BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Southern blot; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SAMPLING; SMEAR; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE; TISSUE SECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHILD; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY; LEUKEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELOMERE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0042524186     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1392     Document Type: Article

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