Ki-67 antigert retrieval in formalin- or ethanol-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues: An enhancement method for immunohistochemical staining with autoclave treatment

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-255

  Tsuji, Yoshiro ^a,b,d   Kusuzaki, Katsuyuki ^a   Hirasawa, Yasusuke ^a   Serra, Massimo ^c   Baldini, Nicola ^c  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Yokaichi National Hospital   (Japan)

^c RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoclave treatment; Immunohistochemistry; MIB1 antibody

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030770117     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.30.251     Document Type: Article

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