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Kayser, K., Kayser, G. (2016). Quantitation of Immunohistochemistry by Image Analysis Technique. In: Aziz, S., Mehta, R. (eds) Technical Aspects of Toxicological Immunohistochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1516-3_4

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