Novel In Situ Pretreatment Method for Significantly Enhancing the Signal In MALDI-TOF MS of Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Sections

• Yu Kakimoto,

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine and Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Tatsuaki Tsuruyama ,

  * E-mail: tsuruyama@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine and Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Takushi Yamamoto,

  Affiliation Analytical and Measuring Instruments Division, Kyoto Applications Development Center, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan

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• Masaru Furuta,

  Affiliation Analytical and Measuring Instruments Division, Kyoto Applications Development Center, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan

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• Hirokazu Kotani,

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine and Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Munetaka Ozeki,

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine and Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Akihiko Yoshizawa,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital, Matsumoto, Japan

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• Hironori Haga,

  Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

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• Keiji Tamaki

  Affiliation Department of Forensic Medicine and Molecular Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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