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01-07-2011 | Letter to the Editor

In response—A modified staining protocol for Smoothelin immunostaining

Authors: Ranjani Chakravarthy, Khalid Ahmed, Salma Abbasi, Andrew Cotterill, Nazia Parveen

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 1/2011

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Dear Editor, …

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Title: In response—A modified staining protocol for Smoothelin immunostaining
Authors: Ranjani Chakravarthy
Khalid Ahmed
Salma Abbasi
Andrew Cotterill
Nazia Parveen
Publication date: 01-07-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Virchows Archiv / Issue 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-011-1093-y

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