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... > Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Histological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy > Cryoultramicrotomy
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Histological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy > Cryoultramicrotomy
... > Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy > Cryoultramicrotomy
... > Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Cytological Techniques > Histocytological Preparation Techniques > Microtomy > Cryoultramicrotomy

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Cryoultramicrotomy  

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  • Cryosectioning
  • Freeze Sectioning
  • Sectioning, Freeze

Scope note

  • The technique of using a cryostat or freezing microtome, in which the temperature is regulated to -20 degrees Celsius, to cut ultrathin frozen sections for microscopic (usually, electron microscopic) examination.

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  • 92

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016616

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