Histologic sectioning produces TUNEL reactivity: A potential cause of false-positive staining

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 529-532

  Sloop, Gregory D ^a   Roa, Juan C ^a   Delgado, Alberto G ^a   Balart, John T ^a   Hines III, Merrill O ^a   Hill, James M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; STOMACH; TISSUE SECTION; TONSIL;

ARTIFACTS; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROTOMY; STOMACH; TONSIL;

EID: 0033055744     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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