Paraffin
"Paraffin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Paraffin" by people in Profiles.
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Kane RJ, Weiss-Bilka HE, Meagher MJ, Liu Y, Gargac JA, Niebur GL, Wagner DR, Roeder RK. Hydroxyapatite reinforced collagen scaffolds with improved architecture and mechanical properties. Acta Biomater. 2015 Apr; 17:16-25.
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Coon JS, Landay AL, Weinstein RS. Flow cytometric analysis of paraffin-embedded tumors: implications for diagnostic pathology. Hum Pathol. 1986 May; 17(5):435-7.