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The effects of vital dyes on living organisms with special reference to Methylene Blue and Neutral Red

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Barbosa, P., Peters, T.M. The effects of vital dyes on living organisms with special reference to Methylene Blue and Neutral Red. Histochem J 3, 71–93 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01686508

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