Research Catalog

Title

Handbook of human tissue sources : a national resource of human tissue samples / Elisa Eiseman, Susanne B. Haga.

Author

Eiseman, Elisa.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Haga, Susanne.

Description

xxvii, 251 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subject

• Cadaver homografts > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Directories
• Cadaver
• Organ Preservation
• Preservation of organs, tissues, etc. > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Directories
• Tissue Banks
• Tissue banks > Handbooks, manuals, etc. > Directories

Genre/Form

• Directory.
• Handbook.

Note

• "MR-954-ICJ."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Methods -- Ch. 3. Large Tissue Banks, Repositories, and Core Facilities -- Ch. 4. Tumor Registries -- Ch. 5. Tissue Collections Created from Longitudinal and Individual Research Studies -- Ch. 6. Pathology Specimens -- Ch. 7. State Screening Laboratories and Forensic DNA Banks -- Ch. 8. Cryopreservation Facilities/Storage Banks -- Ch. 9. Organ Banks/Blood Banks -- Ch. 10. Conclusions -- App. A. Quantity of Stored Tissue Samples in the United States -- App. B. Overall Summary of Stored Tissue Samples in the United States -- App. C. Summary of Tissue Banks/Repositories by Tissue Type -- App. D. Alphabetical Listing of Tissue Banks/Repositories and Contacts -- App. E. Alphabetical Listing by State of Tissue Banks Described in Chapter Three -- App. F. Tumor Registries by State -- App. G. Alphabetical Listing by State of Longitudinal Studies and Research Projects that Simultaneously Create Tissue Banks --
• App. H. Transplant Organ and Tissue Banks by State -- App. I. Cryopreservation Storage Facilities and Fertility Clinics by State -- App. J. Stored Tissue Sample Web Sites.

ISBN

0833027662

LCCN

99051440

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries