Nuclear organizer regions (AgNORs) staining on undecalcified bone embedded in resin: Light and TEM methodologies

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-32

  Chappard, Daniel ^a   Retailleau, Nadine ^a   Filmon, Robert ^a   Baslé, Michel Félix ^a   Rebel, André ^a  

^a Universite d'Angers   (France)

Author keywords

AgNOR; bone; bone marrow; cancer cells

Indexed keywords

METANIL YELLOW; NUCLEOLIN; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; RESIN;

ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DISEASE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHROMOSOME NOR; EMBEDDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RIBOSOME; SILVER STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029871734     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.1996.19.1.27     Document Type: Article

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