Postcoital Detection of a Male-Specific Semen Protein: Application to the Investigation of Rape

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 312, Issue 6, 1985, Pages 338-343

  Graves, Howard C b ^a   Sensabaugh, George F ^a   Blake, Edward T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE;

DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 0021963212     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198502073120603     Document Type: Article

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