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Some remarks concerning the histochemical detection of acid phosphatase by azo-coupling reactions

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Lojda, Z., Večerek, B. & Pelichova, H. Some remarks concerning the histochemical detection of acid phosphatase by azo-coupling reactions. Histochemie 3, 428–454 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00736421

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