A review of amyloid staining: Methods and artifacts

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 293-301

  Fernandez Flores, A ^a  

^a Service of Cellular Pathology   (Spain)

Author keywords

amyloidosis; artefact; Congo red; immunohistochemistry; sirius red

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; APP PROTEIN, HUMAN; CONGO RED;

AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTIFACT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STAINING;

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTIFACTS; CONGO RED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 80051854606     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520291003784493     Document Type: Review

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