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Formalin Fixation of Human Healthy Autopsied Tissues: The Influence of Type of Tissue, Temperature and Incubation Time on the Quality of Isolated DNA Cover

Formalin Fixation of Human Healthy Autopsied Tissues: The Influence of Type of Tissue, Temperature and Incubation Time on the Quality of Isolated DNA

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|Feb 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2019-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2956-2090 | Journal ISSN: 2956-0454
Language: English
Page range: 307 - 315
Submitted on: Dec 16, 2018
Accepted on: May 8, 2019
Published on: Feb 1, 2020
Published by: University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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