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Ask anyone to envision a typical clinical laboratory, and a host of blinking, whirring, computer-controlled machines that analyze samples and spit out results usually comes to mind. Even traditionally labor-intensive settings, such as the cytology laboratory are frequently populated by automatic stainers, and machines that prepare and automatically analyze pap smears are becoming ever more popular.
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Gersen, S.L., Downey, L. (2005). Instrumentation in the Cytogenetics Laboratory. In: Gersen, S.L., Keagle, M.B. (eds) The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-833-1:113
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