Application of immunohistochemistry to infections

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 424-431

  Eyzaguirre, Eduardo ^a   Haque, Abida K ^b,c  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADENOVIRUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CROSS REACTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FUNGUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; Q FEVER; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 40349094887     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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