Pitfalls in diagnostic immunohistology

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 86-93

  Leong, Anthony S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artefacts; False negative immunostaining; False positive immunostaining; Immunohistochemistry; Pitfalls

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CROSS REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ARTIFACTS; CROSS REACTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2342624088     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00125480-200403000-00002     Document Type: Review

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