Method of melanin bleaching in MIB1-Ki67 immunostaining of pigmented lesions: A quantitative evaluation in malignant melanomas

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 237-240

  Li, Ling Xi Lawrence ^a,b   Crotty, Kerry A ^a,b   Kril, Jillian J ^b,c   Palmer, Allan A ^b   McCarthy, Stanley W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Department of Geriatric Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELANIN;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL COUNT; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; OXIDANTS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032988798     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003528507828     Document Type: Article

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