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MALDI imaging mass spectrometry for direct tissue analysis: a new frontier for molecular histology

Axel Walch1, Sandra Rauser, Sören-Oliver Deininger

  • 1Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. axel.walch@helmholtz-muenchen.de

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