Van Gieson Trichrome kit

Three-reagent kit for staining collagen fibres, muscle tissue, keratinized epithelium, cytoplasm, glial fibres and erythrocytes. Used for differentiation between collagen and smooth fibres in tumours and various other diseases.

Verhoeff kit

Six-reagent kit for detecting atrophy of elastic tissue in cases of emphysema, thinning and loss of elastic fibres in arteriosclerosis and other vascular diseases, or whether blood vessels have been invaded by a tumour.

Von Kossa kit

Five-reagent kit for simple and reproducible detection of calcium deposits and calcium salt in tissue samples according to Von Kossa. Tissue calcification is associated with metabolic problems in various tissues (like bone marrow and mamma) and in tumours.

Warthin Starry kit

Five-reagent kit for staining Spirochaeta, Helicobacter pylori, Microsporidia and Legionella pneumophila. The kit contains 12 jars with gelatine that enables both incubation and staining of sections, as well as other reagents that enable precipitation of silver on the bacterial surface. The bacteria are found in the mucus of the surface epithelium, in the apical gastric glands and in the gastric mucosa.

Weigert-Van Gieson kit

Six-reagent kit for staining elastic fibres with a prolonged incubation period. Used for differentiation between elastic tissue, collagen and other types of connective tissue.