Fixation of Tissues

Theory and Practice of Histological Techniques, Sixth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 53-74

  Grizzle, William E ^a   Fredenburgh, Jerry L ^b   Myers, Russell B ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Surgipath Medical Industries Inc ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-10279-0.50011-7     Document Type: Chapter

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