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GTEx Work Instruction For Surgical Collection of Normal Tissues   Add to my SOP compendium

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The purpose of this guidance document is to provide the steps and instructions for surgical tissue collection, as described in the GTEx Tissue Procurement Procedure (PR-0004). Specifically, this document describes the proper removal, sectioning, and preservation of specified donor tissues/organs and associated blood draws during the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project (https://biospecimens.cancer.gov/resources/sops/gtex.asp) and is available for download at: https://biospecimens.cancer.gov/resources/sops/library.asp.

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GTEx Work Instruction For Surgical Collection of Normal Tissues (PR-0004-W2 v1.1.1).pdf [Size: 921 KB]

Biospecimens
  • Fluid - Blood
  • Tissue - Skin
  • Tissue - Adipose
  • Tissue - Muscle (Skeletal)
  • Tissue - Nerve
  • Tissue - Blood Vessel
Diagnoses
  • Normal
Topics
  • Biospecimen Acquisition

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