Immunohistochemical detection of immunoglobulins and complements in formaldehyde-fixed and paraffin-embedded renal biopsy tissues; an adjunct for diagnosis of glomerulonephritis

Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 298-304

  Chowdhury, Akm Rownak Hossain ^a   Ehara, Takashi ^b   Higuchi, Makoto ^b   Hora, Kazuhiko ^b   Shigematsu, Hidekazu ^b  

^a Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Formaldehyde fixed; Immunostaining; Microwave; Renal biopsy; Trypsin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PARAFFIN; TRYPSIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

BIOPSY; COMPLEMENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT C3; FIXATIVES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FORMALDEHYDE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; KIDNEY; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MICROWAVES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING;

EID: 21344447090     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2005.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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