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Performing Vaginal Lavage, Crystal Violet Staining, and Vaginal Cytological Evaluation for Mouse Estrous Cycle Staging Identification
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Performing Vaginal Lavage, Crystal Violet Staining, and Vaginal Cytological Evaluation for Mouse Estrous Cycle Staging Identification

Published on: September 15, 2012

[A quick and inexpensive staining method for vaginal smears]

A Salas-Valdes

    Archivos De Investigacion Medica
    |January 1, 1979
    PubMed

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