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. 1974 Sep;11(3):247–248. doi: 10.1136/jmg.11.3.247

Prenatal diagnosis: a problem in verification

Gertrude Kohn 1, Asher Ornoy 1, Maimon M Cohen 1
PMCID: PMC1013135  PMID: 4431030

Abstract

Prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal or biochemical disorders demands corroboration from fetal tissues. The presence of viable maternal lymphocytes in the fetal cord blood of the case presented demonstrates that, in spite of the availability of this tissue, it does not always provide sufficient evidence for such corroboration.

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