Antigenicity testing by immunohistochemistry after tissue oxidation

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-83

  Blind, C ^a   Koepenik, A ^b   Pacyna Gengelbach, M ^a   Fernahl, G ^a   Deutschmann, N ^a   Dietel, M ^a   Krenn, V ^a   Petersen, Iver ^a  

^a Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin Medical Center   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIBODY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PARAFFIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN P63; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; HEAT; HEATING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TISSUE MICROARRAY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; DESICCATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DESICCATION; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 38449102149     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.047340     Document Type: Article

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