TUNEL apoptotic cell detection in tissue sections: Critical evaluation and improvement

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 327-334

  Labat Moleur, Françoise ^a   Guillermet, Christiane ^a   Lorimier, Philippe ^a,b   Robert, Catherine ^a,b   Lantuejoul, Sylvie ^a   Brambilla, Elisabeth ^a,b   Negoescu, Adrien ^b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT ALBERT BONNIOT   (France)

Author keywords

Microwaves; pH; Preapoptosis; Sensitivity; Specificity; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAINING;

EID: 0031905990     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600306     Document Type: Article

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