Preparation of cells for microscopy using cytospin

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Cheryl M Koh1

  • 1Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Methods in Enzymology
|November 5, 2013
PubMed

Keywords:
Collecting cellsCytospinFixation and dryingImmunocytochemistryImmunofluorescence

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