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Special Stains

Special Stains is a histopathological technique that belongs to the category of tissue staining methods and is distinguished by its use of specific chemical or enzymatic reactions to selectively visualize particular cellular components, microorganisms, or pathological substances that are not adequately demonstrated by routine hematoxylin and eosin staining.

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Histochemistry: Theoretical and Applied

Journal of the American Medical Association · 1953 · 7.1K citations · Full text

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Staining of Tissue Sections for Electron Microscopy with Heavy Metals

Michael L. Watson · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1958 · 4.1K citations · Full text

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Histochemistry: Theoretical and Applied

Leonard Nelson, A. G. E. Pearse · AIBS Bulletin · 1961 · 3.1K citations

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Controlled silver-staining of nucleolus organizer regions with a protective colloidal developer: a 1-step method

W. Mike Howell, D. Ann Black · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · 1980 · 2.9K citations

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Polychromatic staining of plant cell walls by toluidine blue O

T. P. O'Brien, N. Feder, M. E. McCully · PROTOPLASMA · 1964 · 2.4K citations

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  1. RD
    R. D. Lillie

    National Institutes of Health, United States

    27 publications · 1K citations

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  2. HP
    Holde Puchtler

    Augusta University, United States

    18 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. RW
    Richard W. Horobin

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    15 publications · 358 citations

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  4. GC
    George Clark

    University at Buffalo, State University of New York, United States

    10 publications · 231 citations

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  5. FS
    Faye Sweat

    Augusta University, United States

    10 publications · 656 citations

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  1. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    16 h-index

    26 publications

    4.1K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    14 h-index

    31 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    29 publications

    723 citations

  4. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    5.8K citations

  5. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    12 h-index

    19 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    21 publications

    553 citations

  7. Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, United States

    12 h-index

    36 publications

    814 citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    860 citations

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  1. Stain Technology

    302 publications · 19.3K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 128 publications · 7K citations

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  3. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry

    67 publications · 4.8K citations

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  4. American Journal of Clinical Pathology

    AJCP · 35 publications · 2.6K citations

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  5. Analytical Biochemistry

    27 publications · 4.3K citations

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