Effects of fixation and storage of human tissue samples on nucleic acid preservation

Korean Journal of Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-42

  Nam, Soo Kyung ^a   Im, Joon ^a   Kwak, Yoonjin ^b   Han, Nayoung ^b   Nam, Kyung Han ^a   Seo, An Na ^a   Lee, Hye Seung ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fixation procedures; Nucleic acid preservation; Storage time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894607016     PISSN: 17381843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2014.48.1.36     Document Type: Article

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