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In situ polymerase chain reaction: toy or tool?

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  1. Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine and Institute of Pathology, GSF Research Center for Environment and Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany

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Höfler, H. In situ polymerase chain reaction: toy or tool?. Histochemistry 99, 103–104 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00571870

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