Conventional xylene and xylene-free methods for routine histopathological preparation of tissue sections

Biotechnic and Histochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 235-241

  Metgud, R ^a   Astekar, M S ^a   Soni, A ^a   Naik, S ^a   Vanishree, M ^b  

^a PAHER University   (India)

^b Navodaya Dental College   (India)

Author keywords

Azo compounds; Dishwashing soap; Hematoxylin; Isopropanol; Microtomy; Xylene

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYST; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; TISSUE FIXATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CYSTS; FIXATIVES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE FIXATION; XYLENES;

EID: 84879111069     PISSN: 10520295     EISSN: 14737760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10520295.2013.764015     Document Type: Article

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