title: [A comparison of immunohistologic technics in dermatopathology].
abstract: With the increasing use of immunohistological techniques in the diagnosis of skin diseases, the question of appropriate techniques becomes more and more important. In this study the ABC (avidin-biotin-peroxidase-complex)-technique, the IGSS (immunogold-silver-staining)-technique and the APAAP (alkaline phosphatase anti-alkaline phosphatase)-technique are described. Antigenic determinants are demonstrated in frozen and paraffin-embedded sections with monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies, lectins and protein A. Sensitivity, reliability, application and handling of these techniques and their suitability for double labelling are compared. The ABC-technique is easy to handle, as sensitive as the other techniques, and gives good results with mono- and polyclonal antibodies, lectins and protein A in paraffin-embedded sections. The APAAP-technique yields good results when monoclonal antibodies are used in frozen sections. Similar results are obtained with the IGSS-technique, which also gives good results with polyclonal antibodies, lectins and protein A.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Hautklinik Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tronnier
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schaumburg-Lever
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rassner
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal
vernacular_title: Ein Vergleich immunhistologischer Techniken in der Dermatopathologie.