Patterns of hyaluronan staining are modified by fixation techniques

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1157-1163

  Lin, Weiqi ^a   Shuster, Svetlana ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a   Stern, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcian blue; Fixation; Glycosaminoglycans; Human skin; Hyaluronan

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALCIAN BLUE; ALCOHOL; BINDING PROTEIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN POLYSULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; HYALURONIDASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION;

BOVINAE;

EID: 0030788433     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500813     Document Type: Article

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