Routine immunofluorescence and light microscopy processing with a single renal biopsy specimen: 18 years' experience in a single centre

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 116-119

  Pasquariello, Antonio ^a,c   Innocenti, Maurizio ^a   Batini, Valentina ^a   Rindi, Stefano ^a   Moriconi, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunofluorescence; Kidney biopsy; Light microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0034097836     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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