Microwave histoprocessing of bone marrow trephine biopsies
โ Scribed by Louw, I. ;De Beer, D. P. ;Du Plessis, M. J.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 814 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-2214
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โฆ Synopsis
In recent years, the microwave oven has been increasingly used in the pathology laboratory for processing of tissue for diagnostic purposes with a remarkable reduction in processing time and also reports of excellent morphology and immunohistochemistry. We evaluated some of these processes on post mortem bone marrow trephine biopsies and describe a novel way of processing these biopsies in the microwave oven.
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