Immunoperoxidase staining for C4d on paraffin-embedded tissue in cardiac allograft endomyocardial biopsies: Comparison to frozen tissue immunofluorescence

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-171

  Chantranuwat, Chavit ^a   Qiao, Jian Hua ^b   Kobashigawa, Jon ^b   Hong, Longsheng ^b   Shintaku, Peter ^b   Fishbein, Michael C ^b,c  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Dept of Pathol and Lab Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; C4d; Cardiac allograft; Endomyocardial biopsy; Immunofluorescence; Immunoperoxidase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING;

EID: 1642311772     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129039-200406000-00012     Document Type: Article

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