Vacuum sealing and cooling as methods to preserve surgical specimens

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 460-469

  Kristensen, Thomas ^a   Engvad, Birte ^a   Nielsen, Ole ^a   Pless, Torsten ^a   Walter, Steen ^a   Bak, Martin ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

biobank; epitope; formalin fixation; IHC; immunohistochemistry; morphology; pathology; PCR; RNA; tissue preservation; vacuum

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST; CELL STRUCTURE; COLON; COOLING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPLEEN; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION; VACUUM; VACUUM SEALING;

COLD TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VACUUM;

EID: 80052697140     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e318214e523     Document Type: Article

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