Millipore Filter® cell block preparation: An alternative to cell block in nongynecologic specimens of limited cellularity

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 389-392

  Baloch, Zubair W ^a   Lee, Andrea ^a   Cobbs, Charlene ^a   Roberts, Shelly ^a   LiVolsi, Virginia A ^a   Gupta, Prabodh K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell block; Immunocytochemistry; Membrane filter

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD15 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; THYROGLOBULIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CELL SEPARATION; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; TISSUE PREPARATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROPORE FILTER; PATHOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MELANOMA; MICROPORE FILTERS;

EID: 0032587776     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199906)20:6<389::AID-DC14>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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