Touch imprint cytology in tumor tissue banks for the confirmation of neoplastic cellularity and for DNA extraction

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 974-978

  Mangia, Anita ^a,b   Chiriatti, Annalisa ^a,b   Chiarappa, Patrizia ^a,b   Incalza, Maria Angela ^a,b   Antonaci, Giovanni ^c   Pilato, Brunella ^a,b   Simone, Giovanni ^a,b   Tommasi, Stefania ^a,b   Paradiso, Angelo ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FREEZING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BREAST TUMOR; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; TISSUE BANKS;

EID: 45549094051     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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