Quality assurance issues in immunohistochemistry

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-175

  Battifora, Hector ^a  

^a Pacific Coast Reference Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Fixation; Heat induced epitope retrieval; Microwave; Multitissue sausages; Quicgel; Vimentin control

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE;

ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0032826747     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.1999.22.3.169     Document Type: Review

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