WERF EPHect Standard Operating Procedures: Collection, processing, and storage of tissue biospecimens in endometriosis research
BRD ID: 581
Source: WERF Tier: SOP Number of times downloaded: 2246
Description
This document describes procedures for the collection, preservation and storage of ectopic and eutopic endometrium, myometrium, and peritoneum specimens preserved by freezing (liquid nitrogen, -80°C), chemical fixation (neutral buffered formalin, Universal Molecular Fixative), or an RNA stabilizing solution. It is a product of the World Endometriosis Research Foundation (WERF) which also provides clinical questionnaires and surgical forms for the collection of data from women with endometriosis and can be found online at http://endometriosisfoundation.org/ephect/#2. Users are encouraged to provide feedback via the WERF website: http://endometriosisfoundation.org/ephect/#3.
Documents for Download
WERF-EPHect-SOP-Tissue-Collection-2014v1.pdf [Size: 297 KB]Biospecimens
- Tissue - Endometrium
- Tissue - Other
Diagnoses
- Endometriosis
- Normal
Topics
- Biospecimen Acquisition
- Biospecimen Preservation
- Storage
Associated SOP Compendiums
- Biospecimen Acquisition
- Biospecimen Preservation
- Storage