Stains & CD markers
Elastic fibers


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PubMed Search: Elastic fibers [title] stain

Nat Pernick, M.D.
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Definition / general
  • Also called Verhoeff-van Gieson
  • Stains elastic fibers black
  • Outlines elastic lamina of muscular arteries and media of aorta
  • Background is trichrome
Microscopic (histologic) images

Contributed by Aliya N. Husain, M.D., José Tomás Peña, M.D. and Pablo Zoroquiain, M.D.
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