[Histonet] Urate crystals

[Rathborne, Toni]

We have a piece of bone that the pathologist would like to process for urate crystals. The procedure we have is De Galantha's, which calls for decalcification by nitric acid, which we don't have. What other decalcification process can be used?

Toni



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