MicroRNA expression profiling outperforms mRNA expression profiling in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 519-527

  Liu, Aihua ^a   Tetzlaff, Michael T ^a   VanBelle, Pat ^a   Elder, David ^a   Feldman, Michael ^a   Tobias, John W ^a   Sepulveda, Antonia R ^a   Xu, Xiaowei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE); Melanoma; Microarray; miRNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650252543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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