Stains & molecular markers
Argentaffin
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Argentaffin
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 June 2005
Minor changes: 11 December 2020
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PubMed Search: Argentaffin[title]
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Definition / generalCite this page: Pernick N. Argentaffin. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/stainsargentaffin.html. Accessed January 20th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Argentaffin cells/tissues contains a substance (such as catecholamines, indolamines) that reduces silver and other metallic salts to metallic silver, staining brown or black
- Argentaffin stains are: Fontana-Masson, Schmorl's, Autofluorescence, diazonium salt
