Optimizing methods in immunocytochemistry: One laboratory's experience

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 261-269

  Valli, Victor ^a   Peters, Elisabeth ^a   Williams, Cara ^a   Shipp, Lisa ^a   Barger, Anne ^a   Chladny, Jane ^a   Hoffmann, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen retrieval; Cell fixation; Immunocytochemistry; Transport media

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DOG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; AUTOMATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DOGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 69449108266     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2009.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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