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Improved Swiss-rolling Technique for Intestinal Tissue Preparation for Immunohistochemical and Immunofluorescent Analyses
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Immunohistochemical detection of Ki67 antigen in formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded sections
1Periodontology Unit, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, 381 Sauchiehall, Glasgow G2 3JZ.
Clinical Molecular Pathology
|June 1, 1996
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