Immunochemical microanalysis of amyloid proteins in fine-needle aspirates of abdominal fat

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 403-407

  Kaplan, Batia ^a   Vidal, Ruben ^c   Kumar, Asok ^c   Ghiso, Jorge ^c   Gallo, Gloria ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Amyloid; Fat aspirates; Microextraction; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN;

ABDOMEN; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BODY FAT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033491253     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/112.3.403     Document Type: Article

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