The changing spectrum of DNA-based specimen provenance testing in surgical pathology

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-138

  Pfeifer, John D ^a   Zehnbauer, Barbara ^b   Payton, Jacqueline ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Identity determination; Microsatellite analysis; Molecular diagnostics; Patient safety; Specimen provenance

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTAMINATION; CURETTAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; STOMACH BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; SECURITY MEASURES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 79251509578     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPLNO4PFVZVA4P     Document Type: Article

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