NeuN: A useful neuronal marker for diagnostic histopathology

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1167-1171

  Wolf, Helmut K ^a   Buslei, Rolf ^a   Schmidt Kastner, Rainald ^b   Schmidt Kastner, Prabha Kulkarni ^b   Pietsch, Torsten ^a   Wiestler, Otmar D ^a   Blümcke, Ingmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Human; Immunohistochemistry; Neuron; Pathology; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CELL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FORMALDEHYDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLIONEUROMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029794358     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/44.10.8813082     Document Type: Article

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