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Field stain

Field stain is a histological method for staining of blood smears. It is used for staining thick blood films in order to discover malarial parasites. Field's stain is a version of a Romanowsky stain, used for rapid processing of the specimens. Colorectal adenocarcinoma. Field stain.Granuloma. Field stain. Field stain is a histological method for staining of blood smears. It is used for staining thick blood films in order to discover malarial parasites. Field's stain is a version of a Romanowsky stain, used for rapid processing of the specimens. Field's stain consists of two parts - Field's stain A is methylene blue and Azure 1 dissolved in phosphate buffer solution; Field's stain B is Eosin Y in buffer solution. Field stain is named after physician John William Field, who developed it in 1941.

[ "Differential staining", "Stain", "Schaeffer–Fulton stain", "Leishman stain", "Gimenez stain", "Auramine-rhodamine stain", "Mallory's trichrome stain" ]
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