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*Can be thought of as the [[H&E stain|H&E]] of [[cytopathology]]. | *Can be thought of as the [[H&E stain|H&E]] of [[cytopathology]]. | ||
**It is a modified [[H&E stain]]. | **It is a modified [[H&E stain]]. | ||
*Specimens are fixed in ethanol. | *Specimens are [[fixation|fixed]] in ethanol. | ||
*Good for seeing nuclear detail.<ref name=pmid16295430/> | *Good for seeing nuclear detail.<ref name=pmid16295430/> | ||
*Out-of-focus cytoplasm is translucent; allows one to focus overlapped cells in different planes. | *Out-of-focus cytoplasm is translucent; allows one to focus overlapped cells in different planes. | ||