tissue shrinkage

From:Kerenza Njoh

Hi All

Does anyone know by how much fixed human eye tissue shrinks when processed for
wax embedding. The tissue is fixed in 4% formaldehyde, dehydrated through the
alcohols, then into xylene before going into wax.

Thanks

Kerenza Njoh 

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Kerenza Njoh
Department of Optometry and Vision Science
Redwood Building
Cardiff University

njohk@cardiff.ac.uk
Direct Line: (029) 20876471



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