Medical Definition of Mann's methyl blue-eosin stain
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A stain useful for anterior pituitary and viral inclusion bodies; a mixture of the two dyes stains alpha cell granules red, beta cell granules dark blue, chromophobes gray to pink, colloid red, erythrocytes orange-red, and collagen fibres blue; this method is also useful for enterochromaffin, goblet, Paneth, and pancreatic islet cells; Negri bodies appear red while their nuclei and central granules are blue.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mann's Methyl Blue-eosin Stain
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