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Revision as of 17:48, 20 January 2015
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*Tissue is cut from the block. | *Tissue is cut from the block. | ||
**Pieces of tissue sent to the pathologist are tracked as "levels". | **Pieces of tissue sent to the pathologist are tracked as "levels". | ||
**Who cut the tissue is tracked. | **Who cut the tissue is tracked. | ||
Note: | |||
*The thickness of the sections can make a difference in the interpretation.<ref name=pmid1915756>{{Cite journal | last1 = Otto | first1 = MJ. | last2 = Löw | first2 = O. | last3 = Schneider | first3 = A. | title = The nominal section thickness--importance of their correction for morphometry. | journal = Exp Pathol | volume = 42 | issue = 3 | pages = 129-36 | month = | year = 1991 | doi = | PMID = 1915756 }}</ref> | |||
**Routine sections are cut at 3-4 micrometres. | |||
***3 micrometres is considered ideal.<ref>LE. 20 January 2015.</ref> | |||
===Staining=== | ===Staining=== | ||