Efficient DNA extraction from 25-year-old paraffin-embedded tissues: Study of 365 samples

Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-348

  Gillio Tos, Anna ^a,f   De Marco, Laura ^a   Fiano, Valentina ^a   Garcia Bragado, Federico ^b   Dikshit, Rajesh ^c,d   Boffetta, Paolo ^c   Merletti, Franco ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^e Center for Oncologic Prevention   (Italy)

^f Unit of Cancer Epidemiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archival samples; DNA extraction; Paraffin embedded tissue; PCR

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SHELF LIFE; SPAIN; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 34250195336     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020701329757     Document Type: Article

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