Fixatives
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Agents employed in the preparation of histologic or pathologic specimens for the purpose of maintaining the existing form and structure of all of the constituent elements. Great numbers of different agents are used; some are also decalcifying and hardening agents. They must quickly kill and coagulate living tissue.
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D005404
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.355
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fixatives" by people in Profiles.
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Vollert CT, Moree WJ, Gregory S, Bark SJ, Eriksen JL. Formaldehyde scavengers function as novel antigen retrieval agents. Sci Rep. 2015 Nov 27; 5:17322.
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Murray MJ, Saint R. Imaging pluripotent cell migration in Drosophila. Methods Mol Biol. 2011; 750:169-84.
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Renshaw AA. Quantitative assessment of spray vs immersion fixation for thyroid fine-needle aspiration specimens. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 May; 133(5):796-8.
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Hasslen SR, Burns AR, Simon SI, Smith CW, Starr K, Barclay AN, Michie SA, Nelson RD, Erlandsen SL. Preservation of spatial organization and antigenicity of leukocyte surface molecules by aldehyde fixation: flow cytometry and high-resolution FESEM studies of CD62L, CD11b, and Thy-1. J Histochem Cytochem. 1996 Oct; 44(10):1115-22.