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CHROMOSOME analysis can be performed on fibroblasts cultured from amniotic fluid1–3. This is the basis of a technique for the intrauterine detection of chromosomal aberrations in the foetuses of women who are known to have a high risk of producing abnormal offspring. Valenti et al.1, for example, reported the intrauterine detection of trisomy 21 in amniotic fluid cell cultures and they subsequently performed a therapeutic abortion. The pathological findings on the foetus confirmed the diagnosis.
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LISGAR, F., GERTNER, M., CHERRY, S. et al. Prenatal Chromosome Analysis. Nature 225, 280–281 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225280a0
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