Multitissue array review: A chronological description of tissue array techniques, applications and procedures

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 202, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 561-568

  Eguíluz, Cesar ^a   Viguera, Enrique ^a   Millán, Lucinio ^a   Pérez, Josefa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Histologic techniques; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; Multitissue array; Tissue microarray

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FROZEN SECTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 33745965778     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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