Satisfactory performance of primary antibodies beyond manufacturers' recommended expiration dates

Applied Immunohistochemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-225

  Balaton, André J ^a   Drachenberg, Cinthia B ^b   Rucker, Cheryl ^b   Vaury, Philippe ^a   Papadimitriou, John C ^b  

^a Centre de Pathologie   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Antibodies; Expiration date; Immunohistochemistry; Quality assurance; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATION DATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0032863516     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-199909000-00008     Document Type: Article

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