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A Direct Histochemical Method for the Demonstration of Sialic Acid

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  1. M. SHEAR: Supported by a grant from the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.

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  1. Postgraduate Medical School, London, W.12

    M. SHEAR &  A. G. E. PEARSE

  2. Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

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SHEAR, M., PEARSE, A. A Direct Histochemical Method for the Demonstration of Sialic Acid. Nature 198, 1273–1275 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981273a0

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