Re: [Histonet] polyacids in trichrome stains
I seem to remember that Richard Horobin wrote a authoritative paper on
this subject more than a few years ago. Also, John Kiernan's textbook
(and website?) almost certainly offers an explanation.
Geoff
Gudrun Lang wrote:
>Hi!
>I've just read in a German textbook, that the polyacids
>(phosphormolbydenacid, phosphortungstenacid) render the connective tissue
>coarse to give the right staining in trichroms-methods. Is this really a
>correct explanation? Or only an old theory (the book isn't very old)? ;)
>
>Gudrun Lang
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