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From:Ian Montgomery <ian.montgomery@bio.gla.ac.uk>
To:HistoNet@Pathology.swmed.edu
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Date:Mon, 15 Mar 1999 17:09:47 +0000
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>Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:31:47 -0700
>From: Katrina Knott <knottk@amc.org>
>Subject: trichrome
>To: histonet <histonet@pathology.swmed.edu>
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>We have been working on a the Masson's trichrome stain on human uterus.  The
>stain looks nice but we are not getting nuclear staining.  We are using
>Weigert's Iron Hematoxylin.  It seems to look well when we apply it, and
>when we take the tissue out of the stain.  Is it possible that we are losing
>staining is subsequent steps due to the acidity, etc?  What can be done
>about this?  Increase the mordant concentration?  Change one of the other
>steps in the procedure?  It seemed to stain when we did not use Bouin's to
>post fix... but then the other dyes did not look well.
>
>thanks,
>Katrina
>

Katrina,
	Try a Celestine blue/ Haematoxylin sequence.
Ian.

Dr. Ian Montgomery,
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University of Glasgow,
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Scotland.
Tel: 0141 339 8855 Extn. 6602.
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