"Fixatives" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Agents employed in the preparation of histologic or pathologic specimens for the purpose of maintaining the existing form and structure of all of the constituent elements. Great numbers of different agents are used; some are also decalcifying and hardening agents. They must quickly kill and coagulate living tissue.
| Descriptor ID |
D005404
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.355
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fixatives" by people in Profiles.
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An Improved Method for Bacterial Immunofluorescence Staining To Eliminate Antibody Exclusion from the Fixed Nucleoid. Biochemistry. 2019 11 12; 58(45):4457-4465.
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Impact of Schwartz enhanced visualization solution on staging colorectal cancer and clinicopathological features associated with lymph node count. Dis Colon Rectum. 2013 Sep; 56(9):1028-35.
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PCR detection of clarithromycin-susceptible and -resistant Helicobacter pylori from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded gastric biopsies. Mod Pathol. 2013 Sep; 26(9):1222-7.
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Extraction and structural analysis of glycosaminoglycans from formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues. Glycobiology. 2012 Dec; 22(12):1666-72.
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Validation of methods for oropharyngeal cancer HPV status determination in US cooperative group trials. Am J Surg Pathol. 2012 Jul; 36(7):945-54.
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Proteomic analysis of formalin-fixed celloidin-embedded whole cochlear and laser microdissected spiral ganglion tissues. Acta Otolaryngol. 2010 Sep; 130(9):984-9.
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Delay to formalin fixation effect on breast biomarkers. Mod Pathol. 2009 Nov; 22(11):1457-67.
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FAIRE (Formaldehyde-Assisted Isolation of Regulatory Elements) isolates active regulatory elements from human chromatin. Genome Res. 2007 Jun; 17(6):877-85.
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Effect of prolonged formalin fixation on the immunohistochemical reactivity of breast markers. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2002 Jun; 10(2):183-6.
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Erythema induratum of Bazin. A clinicopathological study of 20 cases and detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in skin lesions by polymerase chain reaction. Am J Dermatopathol. 1995 Aug; 17(4):350-6.