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Srijayaprakash B Uppada1,2, Lepakshi S V Madduri1, Sravani Singu1, Brooke Lawson1, Linda Bauer3, Alison Freifeld2,4, Vijaya R Bhatt2,3, Siddappa N Byrareddy1,5,6.
Abstract
Pathologists collect swab samples for Papanicolaou (Pap) staining to diagnose various diseases including cancer and HIV. Time constraints and limited resources, may preclude staining a sample immediately. To re-confirm results, samples must be frozen for later analysis. We present a method for Pap staining cells that have been stored long term. An effective method for Pap staining of frozen cells should enable flexibility for processing samples.Entities:
Keywords: Frozen samples; Papanicolaou staining; long term storage oral swab
Year: 2020 PMID: 32820964 PMCID: PMC7897329 DOI: 10.1080/10520295.2020.1804075
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biotech Histochem ISSN: 1052-0295 Impact factor: 1.718