Shrinkage of cutaneous specimens: Formalin or other factors involved?

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1093-1096

  Kerns, Mary Jo J ^a   Darst, Marc A ^a   Olsen, Thomas G ^a   Fenster, Mark ^a   Hall, Philip ^a   Grevey, Scott ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

AGE FACTORS; ARTIFACTS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 55349098273     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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