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Paraffin sectioning in the modern laboratory and the problem of static electricity: a review

Ronald Sluys1, Sytske de Waart1

  • 1Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Journal of Histotechnology
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PubMed

Keywords:
Serial sectionsdry iceionizing barslow-humiditymicrotomeone-point barradioactivitystatic electricity

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