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Dehydrogenase histochemistry of lipid-rich tissues: a tetrazolium-metal chelation technique to improve localization

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  1. F. P. Altman

    Present address: Professorial Research Unit, Institute of Orthopaedics, Brockley Hill, HA7 4LP, Stanmore, Middlesex, England

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  1. Laboratory of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Anatomy Department A, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 1, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

    F. P. Altman, P. E. Høyer & H. Andersen

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Altman, F.P., Høyer, P.E. & Andersen, H. Dehydrogenase histochemistry of lipid-rich tissues: a tetrazolium-metal chelation technique to improve localization. Histochem J 11, 485–488 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01002775

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