New glycol methacrylate embedding procedure for enzyme and immunohistochemical assessment of tissue response to biomaterials

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-59

  Alves, A ^a   Therin, M ^a  

^a Biomatech   (France)

Author keywords

biomaterials; enzyme histochemistry; immunohistochemistry; resin

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; RESIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030894485     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.1997.20.1.53     Document Type: Article

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