Air-dried smears for optimal diagnostic immunocytochemistry

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-186

  Fulciniti, Franco ^a,d   Frangella, Carmela ^b   Staiano, Maria ^a   La Vecchia, Franca ^a   Botti, Gerardo ^a   Demuru, Antonio ^a   Magliulo, Gabriella ^a   Boon, Mathilde E ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c LEIDEN CYTOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytopathology techniques; Immunocytochemistry; Smears, air dried

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; SMEAR;

EID: 41149166299     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325476     Document Type: Article

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