Paraffin section storage and immunohistochemistry: Effects of time, temperature, fixation, and retrieval protocol with emphasis on p53 protein and MIB1 antigen

Applied Immunohistochemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-70

  Wester, Kenneth ^a   Wahlund, Eva ^a   Sundström, Christer ^a   Ranefall, Petter ^a   Bengtsson, Ewert ^a   Russell, Pamela J ^b   Ow, Kim T ^b   Malmström, Per Uno ^a   Busch, Christer ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Ki 67; MIB1 antigen; p53 protein; Paraffin section; Storage; Urinary bladder carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034066045     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-200003000-00010     Document Type: Article

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