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We report the successful use of a new method described by Gosden and Borck (1977) in two cases of anencephaly; according to this method ‘rapidly adhering cells’ are identified as neural cells of a specific morphology. Although the original method described adherence of cells during the first 20 h, we were able to identify a considerable number of such cells after a delay of three days due to mailing of the amniotic fluid.
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Voigtländer, T., Müller, U. & Schroeder, T.M. Rapidly adhering cells in two cases of anencephaly. Hum Genet 45, 107–110 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00277582
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00277582