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Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease
Histology, microscopy, anatomy and disease

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Acknowledgements

This free course was written by David Male.

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Course image: © Likoper / Shutterstock.com

Figure 6: with kind permission of Dr Dimitri P. Agamanolis, M.D.

Figure 7: courtesy of Dr Eva Del Valle Suarez.

Figure 10: © David Male.

Figure 12: © Nicolas Grandjean, Dr Graham Beards/These files are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), Bobjgalindo/This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/), CS99

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We are especially grateful to Peter Mooney for his tour around the histopathology department at Milton Keynes Hospital.

Interactive

For providing slides to examine in the Virtual Microscope, special thanks goes to:

Cambridge University, Department of Pathology

University of Leicester

King’s College Hospital, London

University College Hospital, London

Milton Keynes Hospital, Department of Histopathology

All other organisations who have donated to the OpenScience Laboratory.

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