Immunoelectron microscopy in the age of molecular pathology

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 87-97

  Herrera, Guillermo A ^b,c   Lowery, Mary C ^b   Turbat Herrera, Elba A ^a,b  

^a OVERTON BROOKS VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunogold; Immunolabeling; Molecular pathology; Technique; Ultra structure

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY LABELING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 0033867433     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-200006000-00002     Document Type: Review

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