Determination of optimal rehydration, fixation and staining methods for histological and immunohistochemical analysis of mummified soft tissues

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-13

  Mekota, Anna Maria ^a,b   Vermehren, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Egyptian mummy; Fixation; Histochemistry; Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Mummified tissue; Rehydration

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKERATIN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DITHIONITE; EOSIN; FIXATIVE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HEMATOXYLIN; PROTEIN S 100; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIMENTIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; EGYPT; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GERMANY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE MENISCUS; MICROSCOPY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PLACENTA; QUALITY CONTROL; REHYDRATION; SKIN; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TISSUE TYPES;

CARTILAGE; EGYPT; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUMMIES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SKIN; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 17144371484     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10520290500051146     Document Type: Article

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