Improved detection of amyloid in fat pad aspiration: An evaluation of congo red stain by fluorescent microscopy

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 300-306

  Giorgadze, Tamar A ^a,b   Shiina, Natsuko ^a   Baloch, Zubair W ^a   Tomaszewski, John E ^a   Gupta, Prabodh K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Apt#l08 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat pad aspiration; Amyloid; Congo red fluorescence

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID P COMPONENT; AMYLOID PROTEIN; CONGO RED; RHODAMINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLORING AGENTS; CONGO RED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 7444243704     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20131     Document Type: Article

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