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Rapid staining of ultrathin sections with the use of a microwave oven

I Cavusoglu1, Z Kahveci, S A Sirmali

  • 1Uludag University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Histology & Embryology, Bursa, Turkey. Ilkin@uu20.bim.uludag.edu.tr

Journal of Microscopy
|December 16, 1998
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