Different antigen unmasking techniques lead to significant differences in immunohistochemical staining of Ki-67 (Mib-1) in renal cell carcinomas

Oncology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-22

  Heuschmid, Martin ^a   Hofmockel, Georg ^b   Dexler, Barbara ^c   Dämmrich, Jobst ^d   Bassukas, Ioannis D ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Neurologie Medizinisches   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^f Hospital Neukölin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mib 1; Renal cell carcinomas

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KI-67 ANTIGEN; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0036133977     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.9.1.19     Document Type: Article

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