Paul,
The Van Gieson counterstain IS a trichrome!
It also has the advantage of not requiring the Bouin pretreatment.
An excellent alternative to Verhoff, is the Miller elastic stain which also 
incorporates the Van Gieson.

Bryan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Monfils, Paul" 
To: 
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Elastic Trichrome - any good protocol out there not 
involving microwave???


>I often combine the Verhoeff Elastin Stain with the Gomori Trichrome.  I do
> the Bouin's treatment required for the trichrome procedure first.  Then I 
> do
> the complete Verhoeff stain, eliminatiing the final Van Gieson 
> counterstain.
> Then I apply the one-step Gomori Trichrome. It is quite simple and gives
> excellent results.
>
> Paul M.
>
>> ----------
>> From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu on behalf of GT
>> Hebert
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2005 6:05 AM
>> To: histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
>> Subject: [Histonet] Elastic Trichrome - any good protocol out there
>> not involving microwave???
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am in need of a good protocol for a combination elastic and trichrome
>> stain that doesn't involve microwave.  Thanks.
>>
>> Gustave Hebert
>> Scientist II
>> Wyeth Research
>> Cambridge MA
>>
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