"Paraffin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A mixture of solid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum. It has a wide range of uses including as a stiffening agent in ointments, as a lubricant, and as a topical anti-inflammatory. It is also commonly used as an embedding material in histology.
| Descriptor ID |
D010232
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.612
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Paraffin" by people in Profiles.
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Kong Y, Ebrahimpour P, Liu Y, Yang C, Alonso LC. Pancreatic Islet Embedding for Paraffin Sections. J Vis Exp. 2018 06 29; (136).
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Li-Ping W, Yi-Kai L, Bo-Jin L, Das M, Ji-Hong F. Morphological changes of the in vitro cervical vertebral canal and its cast form during flexion, extension, and lateral bending. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2010 Feb; 33(2):132-7.
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Paydas S, Ergin M, Tanriverdi K, Yavuz S, Disel U, Kilic NB, Erdogan S, Sahin B, Tuncer I, Burgut R. Detection of hepatitis C virus RNA in paraffin-embedded tissues from patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Am J Hematol. 2004 Jul; 76(3):252-7.
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Bankier AA, Stauffer F, Lomoschitz F, Brunner C. Mycobacterium xenopi infection of a 50-year-old oil plombage complicated by bronchopleural and pleurocutaneous fistulas. J Thorac Imaging. 1999 Oct; 14(4):307-11.