Cytoplasmic biotin-like activity interferes with immunohistochemical analysis of thyroid lesions: A comparison of antigen retrieval methods

Modern Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 515-519

  Kashima, Kenji ^a   Yokoyama, Shigeo ^a   Daa, Tsutomu ^a   Nakayama, Iwao ^a   Nickerson, Peter A ^c   Noguchi, Shiro ^b  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hospital Foundation   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous biotin; Immunohistochemistry; Streptavidin; Thyroid lesions

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; STREPTAVIDIN; TRYPSIN;

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROXIDASE ANTIPEROXIDASE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID FOLLICULAR CARCINOMA; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTIN; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; STREPTAVIDIN; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRYPSIN;

EID: 0030909150     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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