The applicability of formalin-fixed and formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissues in forensic DNA analysis

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 708-714

  Romero, Renee L ^a   Juston, Ann C ^b   Ballantyne, Jack ^b   Henry, Berch E ^c  

^a Forensic Science Division   (United States)

^b Suffolk County Crime Laboratory   (United States)

^c Alabama Dept of Forensic Science   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF1PO; D1S80; D7S8; DNA typing; FES FPS; FI3A1; Forensic science; Formalin; GC; GYPA; HBGG; HLA DQ; LDLR; Polymerase chain reaction; Short tandem repeats; THO1; Tissue fixation; TPOX; VWA31

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXTRACTION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TANDEM REPEAT; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030876577     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14188j     Document Type: Article

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