Muller-Mowry Colloidal Iron with and without Hyaluronidase Digestion – Carboxylated and Sulfated Mucosubstances

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  • PowerPath Code
  • Schedule Monday - Friday
  • Turn Around Time Within 1-2 business days of receipt
  • Disease State Identification of Organisms
  • Methodology Special Stains

Specimen Requirements

Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissue block or cell block, or 1 unstained charged slide for each test requested plus 3-4 additional unstained slides cut at 4 microns. Adequate space on each slide for control tissue is required.

Diagnostic Utility

This stain is used to identify acid epithelial mucin and stromal mucin and also demonstrates encapsulated yeast Cryptococcus neoformans.