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**Who cut the tissue is tracked. | **Who cut the tissue is tracked. | ||
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*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> | *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. | **Routine sections are cut at 3-4 micrometres. | ||
***3 micrometres is considered ideal for GI biopsies and prostate biopsies.<ref>LE. 20 January 2015.</ref> | ***3 micrometres is considered ideal for GI biopsies and prostate biopsies.<ref>LE. 20 January 2015.</ref> | ||
**Sections for [[Congo red|Congo red]] are usually ~10 micrometres. | |||
===Staining=== | ===Staining=== | ||