Effect of decalcification and fixation in paraffin-section immunohistochemistry

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 241-248

  Arber, Janet M ^a   Arber, Daniel A ^a   Jenkins, Kay A ^a   Battifora, Hector ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decalcification; Heat induced epitope retrieval; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030456797     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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