Diagnostic effects of prolonged storage on fresh effusion samples

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-11

  Manosca, Frances ^a   Schinstine, Malcolm ^a   Fetsch, Patricia A ^a   Sorbara, Lynn ^a   Wilder, Anna Maria ^a   Brosky, Keith ^a   Erickson, Dana ^a   Raffeld, Mark ^a   Filie, Armando C ^a   Abati, Andrea ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effusion; Immunocytochemistry; Preservation; Storage

Indexed keywords

CALRETININ; CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST ADENOCARCINOMA; CELL DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOLING; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OVARY ADENOCARCINOMA; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SHELF LIFE; STORAGE;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; ASCITIC FLUID; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846212366     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20587     Document Type: Article

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