A new paradigm for biospecimen banking in the personalized medicine era

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 679-684

  McDonald, Sandra A ^a   Watson, Mark A ^a   Rossi, Joan ^b   Becker, Colleen M ^b   Jaques, David P ^b   Pfeifer, John D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biobanking; Biorepository; Personalized medicine; Reimbursement; Surgical pathology; Tissue procurement

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; INFORMED CONSENT; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 80355126484     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP7DWCQ1SWJTWU     Document Type: Short Survey

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