A high yield of fetal nucleated red blood cells isolated using optimal osmolality and a double‐density gradient system

To increase the yield of fetal nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) from maternal blood using a discontinuous Percoll gradient and to determine the effects of osmolality on NRBC yield.

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