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Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Facilities > Biological Specimen Banks

Preferred term

Biological Specimen Banks  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Bank, Biological Specimen
  • Bank, Biological Substance
  • Banks, Biological Specimen
  • Banks, Biological Substance
  • Biobank
  • Biobanks
  • Biological Specimen Bank
  • Biological Substance Bank
  • Biological Substance Banks
  • Specimen Bank, Biological
  • Specimen Banks, Biological
  • Substance Bank, Biological
  • Substance Banks, Biological

Note

  • human or animal material; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) goes here

Scope note

  • Facilities that collect, store, and distribute tissues, e.g., cell lines, microorganisms, blood, sperm, milk, breast tissue, for use by others. Other uses may include transplantation and comparison of diseased tissues in the identification of cancer.

History note

  • 94

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018070

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