Comparison of the immunolabeling of heated and deplasticized epoxy sections on the electron microscopical level

Micron

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-324

  Brorson, S H ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acrylic resin; Deplasticizing; Electron microscopy; Epoxy resin; Immunoelectron microscopy; Immunoglobulin; Immunogold; LR White; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; METHODOLOGY; STAINING; SWINE; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; STAINING AND LABELING; SWINE; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033178604     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(99)00030-X     Document Type: Article

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