Getting controls under control: The time is now for immunohistochemistry

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 879-882

  Torlakovic, Emina Emilia ^a,b,c   Nielsen, Søren ^d,e   Vyberg, Mogens ^d,e   Taylor, Clive R ^f  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Canadian Immunohistochemistry Quality Control (CIQC)   (Canada)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e Nordic Immunohistochemical Quality Control (NordiQC)   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EPITOPE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CALIBRATION; CONTROL GROUP; CROSS REACTION; EXTERNAL CONTROL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL CONTROL; KUPFFER CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LYMPHOCYTE; METHODOLOGY; NORDIQC; PATHOLOGIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84945435568     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202705     Document Type: Review

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