A simple method for generating multitissue blocks without special equipment

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 410-412

  Miettinen, Markku ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; manual; multitissue block; technique; tissue array

Indexed keywords

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EMBEDDING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MULTITISSUE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TISSUE SECTION;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING;

EID: 84862886453     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e318245c82f     Document Type: Article

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