A combined staining method for argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions and for glial fibrillary acidic protein in astrocytes of human brain

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 523-530

  Fushiki, Shinji ^a   Kinoshita, Chikako ^a   Nagata, Akihiro ^a   Tsutsumi, Yoko ^a   Nishizawa, Yoshio ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME NOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 0029831851     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02331412     Document Type: Article

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