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Method for the removal of selected cells from cytological smear preparations for transmission electron microscopy

J Mather, C M Stanbridge, E B Butler

    Journal of Clinical Pathology
    |December 1, 1981
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Transmission electron microscopyCytology sample preparationResin block extractionGlutaraldehyde fixation

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