Is autopsy tissue a valid control for epilepsy surgery tissue in microRNA studies?

Epilepsia Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 90-95

  Roncon, Paolo ^a   Zucchini, Silvia ^a,b   Ferracin, Manuela ^c   Marucci, Gianluca ^d   Giulioni, Marco ^d   Michelucci, Roberto ^d   Rubboli, Guido ^d,e   Simonato, Michele ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b National Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Microarray; microRNAs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020155159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24709239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/epi4.12023     Document Type: Article

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