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Techniques for hand-sectioning thick-bodied platyhelminths

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Techniques for staining and preparing hand-sections of paramphistome digeneans and taeniid cestodes are described.

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Jones, A. Techniques for hand-sectioning thick-bodied platyhelminths. Syst Parasitol 15, 211–218 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00010137

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