Microwave-assisted silver-stain method in the diagnosis of canine mast cell tumors: Correlation with traditional methods by digital image analysis

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-35

  Piva, Julio R ^a   Canal, Ana M ^b   Piva, Carlos E ^a   Reus, Verónica ^a   Salvetti, Natalia R ^b   Ortega, Hugo H ^b  

^a Lab de Diagn Invest Histopatol   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentic impregnation; Dermatology; Dogs; Histochemistry; Image analysis; Mast cell

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; PEROXIDASE; SILVER CARBONATE; SILVER DERIVATIVE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; EMBEDDING; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MASTOCYTOMA; MICROWAVE OVEN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SILVER IMPREGNATION; SILVER STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0037349635     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.2003.26.1.31     Document Type: Article

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