Natural versus synthetic fixative in oral cytological smears – A double blind study
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Methanol as an alternative fixative for cytological smears.
Ninety-five percent (95%) ethanol is the standard cytological fixative used in many laboratories. Commercially available ethanol is expensive and not freely available in some institutions. Methanol, a tissue dehydrant, is also known to be a cytological fixative. However its efficacy has not been assessed or documented in the literature. One hundred and eight consecutive fine needle aspiration b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2394-6784,2394-6792
DOI: 10.18231/2394-6792.2018.0126