公开(公告)号：EP1608392A4

公开(公告)日：2007-09-05

申请号：EP04749464

申请日：2004-03-26

申请人： CYTYC CORP

发明人： LAPEN DANIEL ,  SOULE NORMAN ,  LIM SOMTHOUK

IPC分类号： A61K38/00 ,  G01N1/30

CPC分类号： G01N1/30

摘要： A method for treating a biological sample with a Papanicolaou staining process is provided. The method comprises incorporating a detergent treatment into the staining process at any of various steps. The method has been found to advantageously reduce the number of artifacts produced during Papanicolaou staining. Also provided is a sample stained by such a process.