A simple, practical ‘swiss roll’ method of preparing tissues for paraffin or methacrylate embedding

Carol M. Park, P. E. Reid, David C. Walker, Brian MacPherson

Journal of Microscopy · 1987 · 72 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

A simple method of preparing 'swiss rolls' from strips of tissue up to 500 mm in length is described. This procedure has been applied to a variety of tissues and is suitable for the preparation of both paraffin- and methacrylate-embedded specimens.

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