Why not try the microwave PAS stain. It works great.

Amy Self wrote:

>         Is there another stain other than alcian blue pH 2.5 that can be
> used to stain GI biopsy when looking for goblet cells.   Someone told me
> that there is a stain that came from Allegiance that was just a quick dip
> and that was all there was to it.  I have heard of a diff quik stain from
> Allegiance but I thought that it was used for H. pylori.  Thanks
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