"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.
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Paraffin".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Paraffin".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Paraffin" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Paraffin" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Paraffin" by people in Profiles.
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An international investigation of chlorinated paraffin concentrations and homologue distributions in indoor dust. Environ Pollut. 2023 Sep 15; 333:121994.
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Paraffin Immunofluorescence Increases Light-Chain Detection in Extra-Renal Light Chain Amyloidosis and Other Light-Chain-Associated Diseases. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2021 03 01; 145(3):352-358.
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Occurrence of Spontaneous Cortical Spreading Depression Is Increased by Blood Constituents and Impairs Neurological Recovery after Subdural Hematoma in Rats. J Neurotrauma. 2019 01 15; 36(2):395-402.
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Copy number analysis by low coverage whole genome sequencing using ultra low-input DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tumor tissue. Genome Med. 2016 11 15; 8(1):121.
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Blood Aggravates Histological and Functional Damage after Acute Subdural Hematoma in Rats. J Neurotrauma. 2017 02 15; 34(4):906-913.
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HaloPlex Targeted Resequencing for Mutation Detection in Clinical Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tumor Samples. J Mol Diagn. 2015 Nov; 17(6):729-39.
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Molecular classification of MYC-driven B-cell lymphomas by targeted gene expression profiling of fixed biopsy specimens. J Mol Diagn. 2015 Jan; 17(1):19-30.
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Proteomic analysis of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded glomeruli suggests depletion of glomerular filtration barrier proteins in two-kidney, one-clip hypertensive rats. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Dec; 29(12):2217-27.
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IDH mutation detection in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded gliomas using multiplex PCR and single-base extension. Brain Pathol. 2012 Sep; 22(5):619-24.
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Bronchopleural cutaneous fistula after pulmonary radiofrequency ablation: treatment with low-adherent paraffin gauze dressing. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2012 Feb; 23(2):283-5.