A cell-block preparation using glucomannan extracted from Amorphophallus konjac

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 652-656

  Kaneko, Chiyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Tadao K ^b,c   Hasegawa, Kiyoshi ^d   Udagawa, Yasuhiro ^d   Iwai, Muneo ^e  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Medical Care Center   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body cavity; Cell block; Glucomannan; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; AMORPHOPHALLUS KONJAC EXTRACT; EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; MANNAN; PARAFFIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; SUPERNATANT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER IMMERSION;

AGED; AMORPHOPHALLUS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANNANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77957377827     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21280     Document Type: Article

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