Study of melanin bleaching after immunohistochemistry of melanin-containing tissues

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 303-307

  Shen, Hongwu ^a   Wu, Wenqiao ^a  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

immunohistochemistry; melanin; potassium dichromate; potassium permanganate; trichloroisocyanuric acid

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; MELANIN; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; TISSUE ANTIGEN; TRICHLOROISOCYANURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLEACHING; CELL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; TISSUE FIXATION;

3,3'-DIAMINOBENZIDINE; BLEACHING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOMA; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 84928269076     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0000000000000075     Document Type: Article

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