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Comparative Study
. 1975 May;7(3):277-82.
doi: 10.1007/BF01003596.

A selective stain for mast cells

N Blumenkrantz, G Asboe-Hansen
Comparative Study

A selective stain for mast cells

N Blumenkrantz et al. Histochem J. 1975 May.

Abstract

A selective stain for mast cells in tissue sections is presented. The procedure is based on the resistance to destaining with absolute ethanol-acetic acid of the complex acid mucopolysaccharide-Toluidine Blue reinforced with ferrioxamine B.

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