Enhanced immunohistochemical detection of infectious agents in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues following heat-mediated antigen retrieval

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 214-217

  White, Amy K ^a   Hansen Lardy, Lynae ^a   Brodersen, Bruce W ^a   Kelling, Clayton L ^a   Hesse, Richard A ^b   Duhamel, Gerald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Schering Plough Animal Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FORMALDEHYDE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARAFFIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0032040122     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879801000225     Document Type: Article

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