Prolonged storage of tissues at low temperatures does not preclude their use for ultrastructural studies.

Minda, J M; Lubensky, I A; Pietra, G G · Arch Pathol Lab Med · 1992

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A cost-effective method for electron microscopic study of snap-frozen surgical specimens is described. The method is available to any surgical pathology laboratory equipped with a deep freezer and allows the performance of ultrastructural observations on archival material.

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