Demystified...tissue microarray technology.

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Published in Mol Pathol on August 01, 2003

Authors

J Packeisen1, E Korsching, H Herbst, W Boecker, H Buerger

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, Klinikum Osnabrueck, 49076 Osnabrueck, Germany.

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