Comparison of formalin and FineFIX in preserving DNA material in small biopsies

Pathology International

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 678-680

  Mahjoub, Fatemeh ^a,b   Zarei, Abdolmajid ^b   Jahanzad, Issa ^b   Shahsiah, Reza ^b   Derakhshandeh, Soudabeh ^b   Najafi, Mehri ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; RNA;

CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MAST CELL; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; STOMACH BIOPSY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BIOPSY; DNA; ETHANOL; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 51749093100     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02290.x     Document Type: Letter

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