Immunocytochemical and immunohistochemical methods as auxiliary techniques for histopathological diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 252-258

  Lunedo, Sandro N ^a   Thomaz Soccol, Vanete ^a   de Castro, Edilene A ^a   Telles, José Ederaldo Queiroz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Immunocytochemistry; Immunohistochemistry; Laboratory diagnosis; Polyclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SEPHADEX; STREPTAVIDIN;

AMASTIGOTE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLUBILITY;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS;

EID: 84857646988     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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