How we process trephine biopsy specimens: Epoxy resin embedded bone marrow biopsies

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 897-903

  Krenacs, T ^a   Bagdi, E ^a   Stelkovics, E ^a   Bereczki, L ^a   Krenacs, L ^a  

^a BAY ZOLTÁN NONPROFIT LTD FOR APPLIED RESEARCH   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; EPOXY RESIN; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLONAL VARIATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA ISOLATION; EMBEDDING; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANTIGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW NEOPLASMS; DNA; EPOXY RESINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHOMA; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 24644456534     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.023788     Document Type: Review

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