Construction of tissue arrays without prefabricated recipient paraffin block experience of a novel technique in resource poor settings

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 654-655

  Pathak, Gayatri S ^a   Deshmukh, Sanjay D ^a   Ashturkar, Amrut V ^a  

^a Shrimati Kashibai Navale Medical College and General Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; STAINLESS STEEL;

FORCEPS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LETTER; MICROTOME; PUNCH BIOPSY; QUALITY CONTROL; RECIPIENT; RESEARCH; SKIN BIOPSY; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053897051     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.85139     Document Type: Letter

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