Primer: Tissue fixation and preservation for optimal molecular analysis of urologic tissues

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 268-278

  Foster, Christopher S ^a   Gosden, Christine M ^a   Ke, Youqiang Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Tissue fixation; Tissue handling; Tissue preservation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; CHROMIUM; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHANOL; NUCLEIC ACID; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTIFACT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL POPULATION; CELL VIABILITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MICTURITION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UROLOGICAL PROCEDURES; UROTHELIUM;

ALCOHOLS; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; TISSUE FIXATION; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 33646702817     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: 17434289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro0487     Document Type: Review

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