Tissues from routine pathology archives are suitable for microRNA analyses by quantitative PCR

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-88

  Siebolts, U ^a,b   Vamholt, H ^a   Drebber, U ^a   Dienes, H P ^a   Wickenhauser, C ^a   Odenthal, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; MICRORNA;

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BREAST; COLON; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ANIMALS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; MICRORNAS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 58349108273     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.058339     Document Type: Article

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