Abstract
The purpose of this book is to provide new, reliable, and recently updated protocols for processing many different kinds of samples, using microwave (MW) technology. Chapters included deal with a wide variety of methods and samples, everything from paraffin processing for light microscopy (LM) to scanning and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), to immunocytochemistry.
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Demaree, R.S., Giberson, R.T. (2001). Overview of Microwave-Assisted Tissue Processing for Transmission Electron Microscopy. In: Giberson, R.T., Demaree, R.S. (eds) Microwave Techniques and Protocols. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-128-2_1
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