Plastic embedding of bone marrow aspirates; tissue processors in the routine diagnosis laboratory - an analysis of the benefits of implementation; flow cytometry and aneuploidy analysis in routine diagnosis of solid malignancies; detection of cytomegalovirus infection by short-term cell culture using immunological staining and in situ DNA hybridization techniques; the application of transmission electron microscopy in the clinical diagnostic laboratory; the cytology of small-cell lesions; cytomorphometry of transitional cell tumours; cytochemical demonstration of phosphatases with cerium method; DNA detection techniques for routine diagnosis of infections; factor VIII-related antigen (von Willebrand antigen) in the coronary artery in ischaemic heart disease; infantile chlamydial conjunctivitis - comparison of techniques for rapid diagnosis; three strategies for microwave irradiation of human brains producing paraffin slides in one day; colour plate section.