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Single incubation double esterase cytochemical reaction using a single coupling reagent
O Ainoon1, A J Jabamoney, S K Cheong
1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
The Malaysian Journal of Pathology
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
Most methods used in double esterase cytochemistry for the diagnosis and classification of acute myeloid leukaemias require double incubation and staining, using separate coupling reagents. We evaluated a method by Swirsky on our normal and abnormal blood and bone marrow smears where only a single incubation and the use of a single coupling reagent is required. Its short incubation period and its strong positive reaction for butyrate esterase in demonstrating cells of monocytic lineage gives it an advantage over the conventional double incubation technique.