Low-temperature heating overnight in Tris-HCl buffer pH 9 is a good alternative for antigen retrieval in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue

Applied Immunohistochemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 228-233

  Koopal, S A ^a   Iglesias Coma, M ^a   Tiebosch, A T M G ^a   Suurmeijer, A J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Conventional heating; Formalin fixed tissue; Immunohistochemistry; Microwave heating; PH

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; HEATING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0031761794     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-199812000-00010     Document Type: Article

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