Shrinkage of skin excision specimens: Formalin fixation is not the culprit

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 810-814

  Dauendorffer, J N ^a,e   Bastuji Garin, S ^b,c   Guero S ^d   Brousse, N ^a   Fraitag, S ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Plastic Surgery   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

Formalin; Shrinkage; Skin specimens

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETRIC TEST; PLASTICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SKIN INJURY; SKIN MACERATION; SKIN SHRINKAGE; SKIN SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TISSUE FIXATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649154712     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08994.x     Document Type: Article

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