Modifications to the in situ TUNEL method for detection of apoptosis in paraffin-embedded tissue sections

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 131-137

  Rao, Jagannatha K S ^a   Letada, Philip ^a   Haverstick, Doris M ^a   Herman, Mary M ^b   Savory, John ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; LABORATORY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RABBIT; STAINING; TECHNIQUE;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFIN; PYRONES; RABBITS; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031780313     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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