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Tissue Fixation

"Tissue Fixation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The technique of using FIXATIVES in the preparation of cytologic, histologic, or pathologic specimens for the purpose of maintaining the existing form and structure of all the constituent elements.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tissue Fixation" by people in this website by year, and whether "Tissue Fixation" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 24 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2010 and 2013
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