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carcinogen-altered foci and tumors, iron staining was clearly reduced or absent.
Normal renal tubule cells exhibited slight to moderate iron staining, while those
from nephroblastoma were iron resistant. These results establish iron resistance as a
property of preneoplastic and neoplastic trout hepatocytes and nephroblastoma cells
for the first time. Iron resistance may of fer a practical histochemical marker in
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