Elevated pressure improves the rate of formalin penetration while preserving tissue morphology

Journal of Cancer

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 178-183

  Chesnick, Ingrid E ^a   Mason, Jeffrey T ^a   O'Leary, Timothy J ^b   Fowler, Carol B ^a,b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

FFPE; Fixation rate; Formalin fixed paraffin embedded; High pressure; Histology

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE PRESSURE; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 82955214973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18379664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/jca.1.178     Document Type: Article

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