A comparative study of the quality of DNA obtained from fresh frozen and formalin-fixed decalcified paraffin-embedded bone marrow trephine biopsy specimens using two different methods

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-123

  Talaulikar, Dipti ^a,b   Gray, J X ^a   Shadbolt, B ^a,b   McNiven, M ^a   Dahlstrom, J E ^a,b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; FIXATIVE; GLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; PARAFFIN;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; CRYOPRESERVATION; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; METHODOLOGY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECALCIFICATION TECHNIQUE; DNA, NEOPLASM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 38449091221     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.045294     Document Type: Article

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