Silver staining methods to identify cells of the dispersed neuroendocrine system

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 225-234

  Grizzle, William E ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

APUD; argentaffin; argyrophil; dispersed neuroendocrine system

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PANCREAS HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL MEDULLA TUMOR; ARGYROPHILIA; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CHROMAFFIN SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL TUMOR; PARATHYROID TUMOR; SILVER STAINING; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROID PARAFOLLICULAR CELL;

EID: 0029764508     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.1996.19.3.225     Document Type: Article

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