Test cost: 0 Rial

Status of test presentation: Existing

Sample type:

Tissue

 Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue block

Sample size:

2 Unstained positively charged glass slide (25- x 75- x 1-mm) per test ordered; sections 4-microns thick.

 

Clinical information:

 

Intervening factors:

Age of a cut paraffin section can affect immunoreactivity. Stability thresholds vary widely among published literature and are antigen dependent. Best practice is for paraffin sections to be cut within 6 weeks.

Cases of non-acceptance of samples:

Wet/frozen tissue
Cytology smears
Nonformalin fixed tissue
Nonparaffin embedded tissue
Noncharged slides
ProbeOn slides