Histological and histochemical methods / theory and practice / J.A. Kiernan

Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-548) and index

Introduction to microtechnique -- Fixation -- Decalcification and other treatments for hard tissues -- Processing and mounting -- Dyes -- Staining with dyes in 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 pigments and 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