Immunoglobulin light chain staining in paraffin-embedded tissue using a heat mediated epitope retrieval method

Histopathology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 525-531

  Ashton Key, M ^a   Jessup, E ^a   Isaacson, P G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

immunoglobulin light chains; immunohistochemistry; microwave antigen retrieval

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030471433     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1996.d01-534.x     Document Type: Article

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