Standardization of immunohistochemistry based on antigen retrieval technique for routine formalin-fixed tissue sections

Applied Immunohistochemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-96

  Shi, Shan Rong ^b   Cote, Richard J ^b   Chaiwun, Benjaporn ^a   Young, Lillian L ^b   Shi, Yan ^b   Hawes, Debra ^b   Chen, Taiying ^c   Taylor, Clive R ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BioGenex Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Formalin fixation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; BUFFER; FORMALDEHYDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE;

EID: 0031808796     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-199806000-00006     Document Type: Article

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