Effect of aqueous and nonaqueous fixatives on the quantitative estimation of collagen-proteoglycan interaction in tissue sections

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 109-114

  Toledo, Olga Maria S ^a   Taniwak, Noemi N ^a   Saldiva, Paulo H N ^b   Montes, Gregorio S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aqueous fixatives; collagen; nonaqueous fixatives; paraformaldehyde; proteoglycans

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FIXATIVE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DOG; GAS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; SWINE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0030013797     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520299609117145     Document Type: Article

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