Miniature tissue microarrays for HercepTest® standardisation and analysis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1229-1231

  Gulmann, C ^a   Loring, P ^a   O'Grady, A ^a   Kay, E ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ONCOGENE NEU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, ERBB-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 8444225431     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.018689     Document Type: Article

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