Study The value of inking breast cores to reduce specimen mix-up. Citation Text: Renshaw AA, Kish R, Gould EW. The value of inking breast cores to reduce specimen mix-up. Am J Clin Pathol. 2007;127(2):271-2. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL January 24, 2007 Renshaw AA, Kish R, Gould EW. Am J Clin Pathol. 2007;127(2):271-2. View more articles from the same authors. The authors describe a tissue specimen marking mechanism that helped identify discrepancies that could lead to specimen mix-up. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Renshaw AA, Kish R, Gould EW. The value of inking breast cores to reduce specimen mix-up. Am J Clin Pathol. 2007;127(2):271-2. 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