Light and electron microscopy immunohistochemical characterization of amyloid deposits

Amyloid

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-170

  Arbustini, Eloisa ^a,b   Morbini, Patrizia ^a   Verga, Laura ^a   Concardi, Monica ^a   Porcu, Emanuele ^a   Pilotto, Andrea ^a   Zorzoli, Irene ^a   Garini, Pietro ^a   Anesi, Ernesto ^a   Merlini, Giampaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000532013     PISSN: 13506129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13506129709014380     Document Type: Article

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