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May–Grünwald stain
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May–Grünwald stain is used for the staining of slides obtained by fine-needle aspiration in a histopathology lab for the diagnosis of tumorous cells.[2][3]
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Sometimes, it is combined with Giemsa staining, yielding Pappenheim staining (May-Grünwald-Giemsa staining).[4]