Development of molecular methods for the identification of aspergillus and emerging moulds in paraffin wax embedded tissue sections

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 368-370

  Paterson, P J ^a   Seaton, S ^a   McLaughlin, J ^a   Kibbler, C C ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; EMBEDDING; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; MOULD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; TISSUE SECTION;

ASPERGILLUS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, FUNGAL; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0346244030     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.56.6.368     Document Type: Article

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