In situ DNA fragmentation assay for detection of apoptosis in paraffin- embedded tissue sections: Technical considerations

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 332-336

  Bardales, Ricardo H ^a,c   Xie, Su Su ^a,c   Hsu, Su Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autopsy; In situ DNA fragmentation; Necrosis

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; DEOXYURIDINE PHOSPHATE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; PROTEINASE K;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0031046729     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/107.3.332     Document Type: Article

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