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The pipette method: A new rapid technique for chromosome analysis in prenatal diagnosis

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A new method has been developed to abridge the time between amniocentesis and chromosome analysis in prenatal diagnosis. With this method cells in metaphase are separated from the clones by a micropipette with the help of a micromanipulator and then prepared.

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  • Therkelsen, A. J.: Cell-culture and cytogenetic techniques. In: Prenatal diagnosis, J.-D. Murken, S. Stengel-Rutkowski, E. Schwinger (eds.), pp. 258–275. Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke Publishers 1979

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  1. Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, University of Düsseldorf, D-4000, Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany

    Uwe Claussen

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Claussen, U. The pipette method: A new rapid technique for chromosome analysis in prenatal diagnosis. Hum Genet 54, 277–278 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00278985

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