"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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fixatives" by people in Profiles.
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Comparison of Culture With Antibiogram to Next-Generation Sequencing Using Bacterial Isolates and Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Gastric Biopsies. Gastroenterology. 2021 11; 161(5):1433-1442.e2.
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Clinical next-generation sequencing in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer. 2015 Feb 15; 121(4):631-9.
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FUS rearrangements are rare in 'pure' sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma. Mod Pathol. 2012 Jun; 25(6):846-53.
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The utility of FOXO1 fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens in the diagnosis of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. Diagn Mol Pathol. 2009 Sep; 18(3):138-43.
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Expression analysis of mRNA in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded archival tissues by mRNA in situ hybridization. Methods. 2006 Apr; 38(4):253-62.
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Use of archival fine-needle aspirates for the allelotyping of tumors. Cancer. 1999 Dec 25; 87(6):372-9.
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A rapid and inexpensive method for processing induced sputum for detection of Pneumocystis carinii. Am J Clin Pathol. 1996 Jan; 105(1):52-7.
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The use of potassium ferricyanide in neural fixation. Anat Rec. 1980 Jul; 197(3):297-303.