Standardization of estrogen-receptor analysis by immunohistochemistry: An assessment of interlaboratory performance in Ireland

Applied Immunohistochemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-107

  Lambkin, Helen A ^a   Dunne, Padraic ^a   McCarthy, Patricia M ^b  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antigen Retrieval; Breast; Estrogen receptor; Immunohistochemistry; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CITRIC ACID;

ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BREAST TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRELAND; LABORATORY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0031863225     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-199806000-00009     Document Type: Article

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