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The compactness of populations of neutrophilic leucocytes as revealed by the new azure B-eosine stain, Pappenheim's stain and the peroxidase reaction

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The new azure B-eosine stain shows a greater inhomogeneity of the granule population of human neutrophil leucocytes than Pappenheim's stain. This difference seems to be dependent on the number of azure granules within the single neutrophil.

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  1. Anatomisches Institut der Universität Freiburg i. Br., Albertstr. 17, D-7800, Freiburg i. Br., Federal Republic of Germany

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A preliminary report was given on the 13. Kongreß für Zytologie Freiburg i. Br., 21.–23. 3. 1983 (cf. Zusammenfassungen der Verh. No. 43) and on the 78. Versammlung der Anatomischen Gesellschaft in Florenz, 22.–28. 5. 1983 (cf. Verh. Anat. Ges. 78. Versamml., in press) This work was supported by the Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie

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Kurz, H., Leder, O. The compactness of populations of neutrophilic leucocytes as revealed by the new azure B-eosine stain, Pappenheim's stain and the peroxidase reaction. Blut 48, 49–52 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00320717

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