Working experience with a new vacuum-accelerated microwave histoprocessor

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 106-110

  Kovacs L ^a   Szende, B ^b   Elek, G ^a   Lapis, K ^b   Horvath O ^d   Hiszek, I ^a   Tamasi A ^b   Schmidt, O ^c  

^a Department of Pathology   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c Meditest Ltd   (Hungary)

^d Endocrinology and Diabetology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fast embedding; Microwave histoprocessor; Quick fixation; Rapid dehydration; Vacuum accelerated dehydration and embedding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

DECALCIFICATION TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROWAVES; STAINING AND LABELING; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

EID: 0029861774     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199609)180:1<106::AID-PATH605>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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