Ultrasound-accelerated formalin fixation improves the preservation of nucleic acids extraction in histological sections

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 521-525

  Fracasso, Tony ^a   Heinrich, Marielle ^b   Hohoff, Carsten ^a   Brinkmann, Bernd ^a   Pfeiffer, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degradation; Forensic; Nucleic acids; PCR; Short tandem repeat; Ultrasound accelerated formalin fixation

Indexed keywords

DNA; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; PANCREAS; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASOUND;

BRAIN; DNA; FIXATIVES; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MYOCARDIUM; PANCREAS; RNA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPLEEN; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 74049139156     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-009-0368-1     Document Type: Article

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