Application of low-vacuum scanning electron microscopy for renal biopsy specimens

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 208, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 503-509

  Miyazaki, Hiroki ^a,d   Uozaki, Hiroshi ^a   Tojo, Akihiro ^a   Hirashima, Sayuri ^b   Inaga, Sumire ^c   Sakuma, Kei ^a   Morishita, Yasuyuki ^a   Fukayama, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low vacuum scanning electron microscopy; Renal biopsy; Renal pathology; Scanning electron microscopy; Variable pressure scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; METHENAMINE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE; PERIODIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LOW VACUUM SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION; VACUUM;

EID: 84865283936     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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