Solvent-free tissue processing using supercritical carbon dioxide

Histopathology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1198-1208

  Bleuel, Erik P ^a   Roebers, Thijs P C ^b   Schulting, Edwin ^c   Den Dunnen, Wilfred F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b FeyeCon D and I   (Netherlands)

^c Interventional Medical Device Solutions   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Paraffination; Solvent free; Supercritical carbon dioxide; Tissue processing; Tissue shrinkage; Xylene free

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; PARAFFIN; XYLENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVENT FREE TISSUE PROCESSING; STAINING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PREPARATION AND CULTURE; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE WATER; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLVENTS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; XYLENES;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84870389139     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2012.04342.x     Document Type: Article

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