Effect of formalin tissue fixation and processing on immunohistochemistry

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1016-1019

  Werner, Martin ^c   Chott, Andreas ^d   Fabiano, Alfredo ^a   Battifora, Hector ^b  

^a FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Immunohistochemistry   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Standardization; Tissue fixation; Tissue processing

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; DESICCATION; EMBEDDING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TISSUE FIXATION;

ARTIFACTS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0033932514     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200007000-00014     Document Type: Article

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