X-inactive specific transcript RNA in-situ hybridization as a tool for resolving specimen contamination events

Histopathology. 2017 Oct;71(4):662-665. doi: 10.1111/his.13267. Epub 2017 Jul 19.

Authors

Rory Crotty¹, Kshitij Arora^{1

2}, Shilpa Prasad³, David T Ting², Miguel N Rivera¹, Vikram Deshpande¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.

PMID: 28556238
DOI: 10.1111/his.13267

No abstract available

Keywords: XIST; quality assurance; specimen mix-ups.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

DNA Contamination*
Female
Humans
In Situ Hybridization / methods*
Male
Neoplasms / diagnosis*
RNA / analysis
X Chromosome Inactivation

Substances

RNA