A novel 2-hour method for rapid preparation of permanent paraffin sections when treating melanoma in situ with mohs micrographic surgery

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1520-1526

  Mallipeddi, Raj ^a,b   Stark, Jeff ^c   Xie, Xian Jin ^a   Matthews, Mark ^d   Taylor, R Stan ^c  

^a 5323 Harry Hines Blvd ^*  (United States)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Division of Surgical Oncology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

HUMANS; MELANOMA; MOHS SURGERY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55949108689     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34316.x     Document Type: Article

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