See Also: Mann's methyl blue-eosin stain(medicine)
haematoxylin and eosin stain(medicine)
Lillie's azure-eosin stain(medicine)
eosin-methylene blue agar(medicine)
methyl blue(medicine)
methyl green-pyronin stain(medicine)
Prussian blue stain(medicine)
Borrel's blue stain(medicine)
Mallory's aniline blue stain(medicine)
Perls' Prussian blue stain(medicine)

Mann's methyl blue-eosin stain (medicine)


Mann's methyl blue-eosin stain
<technique> A stain useful for anterior pituitary and viral inclusion bodies; a mixture of the two dyes stains alpha cell granules red, beta cell granules dark blue, chromophobes gray to pink, colloid red, erythrocytes orange-red, and collagen fibres blue; this method is also useful for enterochromaffin, goblet, Paneth, and pancreatic islet cells; Negri bodies appear red while their nuclei and central granules are blue.