Field stain

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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.[1]

Field's stain consists of two parts - Field's stain A is

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.[2]

Additional images

  • Colorectal adenocarcinoma. Field stain.
    Colorectal adenocarcinoma
    . Field stain.
  • Granuloma. Field stain.
    Granuloma. Field stain.

References

  1. PMID 2481429
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  2. ^ "Obituaries" (PDF). Medical Journal of Malaysia. June 1981. Retrieved 4 May 2015.

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