The effect of prior fixation on the distortion of uterine specimens opened after receipt in the pathology laboratory

Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 539-540

  Heatley, Mark K ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fixation; Specimen handling; Specimen preservation; Uterus

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; FIXATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERUS; UTERUS BIOPSY; UTERUS TUMOR; ENDOMETRIUM; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION; UTERUS;

EID: 34247149871     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020601028012     Document Type: Article

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