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A simple, practical ‘swiss roll’ method of preparing tissues for paraffin or methacrylate embedding
Author(s) -
Park Carol M.,
Reid Philip E.,
Walker David C.,
MacPherson Brian R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of microscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0022-2720
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1987.tb01321.x
Subject(s) - methacrylate , simple (philosophy) , materials science , embedding , polymethyl methacrylate , biomedical engineering , computer science , composite material , polymer , engineering , artificial intelligence , copolymer , philosophy , epistemology
SUMMARY A simple method of preparing ‘swiss rolls' from strips of tissue up to 500 mm in length is described. This procedure has been applied to a variety of tissues and is suitable for the preparation of both paraffin‐ and methacrylate‐embedded specimens.