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High-Throughput, Multi-Image Cryohistology of Mineralized Tissues
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High-Throughput, Multi-Image Cryohistology of Mineralized Tissues

Published on: September 14, 2016

Epoxy-slide embedment of cytochemically stained tissues and cultured cells for light and electron microscopy

B L Giammara, J S Hanker

    Stain Technology
    |January 1, 1986
    PubMed

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