Storage of human biospecimens: Selection of the optimal storage temperature

Biopreservation and Biobanking

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 165-175

  Hubel, Allison ^a,b   Spindler, Ralf ^a,b   Skubitz, Amy P N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITRIFICATION; FREEZE DRYING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903275212     PISSN: 19475535     EISSN: 19475543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bio.2013.0084     Document Type: Review

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