Immunofluorescence, a suitable laboratory method for the microscopic demonstration of antigens and antibodies in biological materials, useable, for example, to provide evidence for the pathogenesis of disease in histological or cytological preparations and for tumour cell differentiation. For this r...

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Main Author:	Storch, Wulf B. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Basel Birkhäuser Basel 2000
Subjects:	Immunology Imaging / Radiology Medical Biochemistry Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory Medicine Radiology, Medical Biochemistry Medical laboratories Mikroskopie Immunfluoreszenz
Online Access:	UBR01 Volltext
Summary:	Immunofluorescence, a suitable laboratory method for the microscopic demonstration of antigens and antibodies in biological materials, useable, for example, to provide evidence for the pathogenesis of disease in histological or cytological preparations and for tumour cell differentiation. For this reason immunofluorescence has a decisive role as the method of choice for the diagnosis of auto-immune diseases. This primer on immunofluorescence techniques, which first appeared in 1979, is a richly illustrated handbook suitable for everyday practical work in the laboratory, useable as both an introduction to the subject as well as an atlas. In hardly any other area of medicine are there so many new findings to report. The second edition of this book is concerned not only with the detection methods which now form an essential and established part of diagnostic techniques, but also with the most recent research results such as the discovery of antibodies against Auerbach's plexus and against podocytes..
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 231 p)
ISBN:	9783034883764
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-0348-8376-4