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  • Title: The effect of melanin pigment removal on the peroxidase-antiperoxidase immunoperoxidase technic.
    Author: McGovern J, Crocker J.
    Journal: Am J Clin Pathol; 1987 Oct; 88(4):480-3. PubMed ID: 3310609.
    Abstract:
    With the increasing use of immunoperoxidase technics, it may be difficult to differentiate between the dark staining of 3,3'-diaminobenzidine (DAB) compound reaction product and melanin pigment. The latter may be particularly observed in skin. Samples of both normal skin and melanotic malignant melanoma were treated for the removal of melanin by standard technics both before and after a peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) immunohistologic sequence. Many methods for the removal of melanin pigment resulted in diminished DAB staining intensity. Some also caused cellular disruption. However, the method of choice was found to be treatment with 0.25 g/dL potassium permanganate and 1 g/dL oxalic acid before the immunoperoxidase sequence.
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