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This chapter emphasises the methodology that is standard practice in the specialist ophthalmic pathology laboratory, but it also includes descriptions of the techniques that are recommended for investigation at the level necessary for presentation or publication. There is a description of techniques for handling the globe, the common macroscopic changes and normal histology. Information on special stains, immunohistochemistry and additional ancillary techniques is included but more detailed accounts are available in other pathology texts. The information included in this chapter should be underpinned by detailed background knowledge of clinical ophthalmology.
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Roberts, F., Thum, C.K. (2014). Examination of the Globe. Technical Aspects. In: Lee's Ophthalmic Histopathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2476-4_1
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