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3 Amniotic Fluid Constituents, Cell Culture, and Neural Tube Defects
Daniel L. Van Dyke1 and Aubrey Milunsky2,3
1Mayo Medical School and Mayo Clinic Cytogenetics Laboratory, Rochester, MN, USA
