Large Amounts of Cell-free Fetal DNA Are Present in Amniotic Fluid

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Until recently, the focus of our research in the noninvasive diagnosis of Down syndrome was the genetic analysis of intact fetal nucleated erythrocytes from the circulation of pregnant women (1). The initial step in the physical isolation of these target cells involves the layering of diluted maternal blood on a density gradient (2). Before 1997, we routinely discarded the plasma layer of the density gradient,...

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