Detection of paraneoplastic anti-neuronal-specific antibodies: Comparison of different immunohistochemical techniques

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3 B, 2003, Pages 2377-2381

  Nano, Rosanna ^a   Balegno, Sabrina ^a   Vaccarone, Rita ^a   Corato, Manuel ^a   Ceroni, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemical techniques; Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes; Patient serum; Rat cerebellum; Specific antibodies

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CANCER ANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; NEURONAL ANTIBODY; PARAFFIN; PEROXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERUM; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CEREBELLUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES, NERVOUS SYSTEM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0042306590     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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