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2015 Newsletter
Reader Questions: Get Familiar With Sperm Toluidine Blue Assay
Pathology/Lab Coding Alert
Reader Questions:
Get Familiar With Sperm Toluidine Blue Assay
Published on Tue Apr 07, 2015
Question: The lab received a sperm specimen and a request for a Toluidine blue assay for DNA integrity. What is this test for, and how should [...]
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