Analysis of the reliability of manual and automated immunohistochemical staining procedures: A pilot study

Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 90-96

  Biesterfeld, Stefan ^a   Kraus, Helen Louise ^d   Reineke, Thorsten ^a   Muys, Leon ^b   Mihalcea, Ana Maria ^a   Rudlowski, Christian ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d University of Virginia ^*

Author keywords

Estrogen receptors; Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Reliability and validity; Staining

Indexed keywords

DYE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; OPTIMAX;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANUAL IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RELIABILITY; STAINING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION;

AUTOMATION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 12444326806     PISSN: 08846812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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