Optimal fixation for total preanalytic phase evaluation in pathology laboratories. A comprehensive study including immunohistochemistry, DNA, and mRNA assays

Pathology International

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 209-216

  Sato, Masaaki ^a   Kojima, Motohiro ^a   Nagatsuma, Akiko Kawano ^a   Nakamura, Yuka ^a   Saito, Norio ^a   Ochiai, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fixation; Pathology; Preanalytic phase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PARAFFIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; LABORATORY TEST; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RELIABILITY; RNA ANALYSIS; TIME; TISSUE FIXATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; COLON; DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84901486349     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pin.12164     Document Type: Article

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