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Different fixative-resin combinations and the immunocytochemical demonstration of immunoglobulins (kappa light chains) in semithin sections

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The effect of six different epoxy resins on the immunostaining of kappa light chains in tonsilar tissue which had been fixed by one of three fixing variants is described. The results show that not only may a specific resin influence the reaction but this may be enhanced by adopting a particular fixative-resin combination.

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  1. Electron Microscopy Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, OX3 9DU, Oxford, UK

    Ysanne Smart & Peter R. Millard

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Smart, Y., Millard, P.R. Different fixative-resin combinations and the immunocytochemical demonstration of immunoglobulins (kappa light chains) in semithin sections. Histochem J 17, 1337–1345 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01002530

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