Histological & histochemical methods : theory and practice

Conventions and abbreviations Introduction to microtechnique Fixation Decalcification and other treatments for hard tissues processing and mounting Dyes Histological staining on one or two colours Staining blood and other cell suspensions Methods for connective tissue Methods for nucleic acids Organic functional groups and protein histochemistry Carbohydrate histochemistry Lipids Methods for inorganic ions Enzyme histochemistry: general considerations Hydrolytic enzymes Oxidoreductases Methods for soluble organic compounds of low molecular weight Metal reduction and precipitation methods Immunohistochemistry Miscellaneous data Bibliography Glossary Answers to exercises Index