The EnVision(TM)+ system: A new immunohistochemical method for diagnostics and research. Critical comparison with the APAAP, ChemMate(TM), CSA, LABC, and SABC techniques

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 506-511

  Sabattini, E ^a   Bisgaard, K ^b   Ascani, S ^a   Poggi, S ^a   Piccioli, M ^a   Ceccarelli, C ^a   Pieri, F ^a   Fraternali Orcioni, G ^a   Pileri, S A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Detection method; EnVision(TM)+; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; TISSUE ANTIGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TUMOR MARKER;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031595677     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.51.7.506     Document Type: Article

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