Effects of toluidine blue and destaining reagents used in sexual assault examinations on the ability to obtain dna profiles from postcoital vaginal swabs

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 316-319

  Hochmeister, Manfred N ^a,e   Whelan, Margaret ^a,b,c   Borer, Urs V ^a,b,c   Gehrig, Christian ^a,b,c   Binda, Sabina ^a,b   Berzlanovich, Andrea ^a   Rauch, Elisabeth ^a,b,c,d   Dimhofer, Richard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Pomerado Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Institute of Legal Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

acetic acid; CSFIPO; D2S44; D4S139; D5SII0; DIOS28; DNA; forensic science; genetic typing; lubricants; perineal lacerations; polymerase chain reaction; restriction fragment length polymorphism; sexual assault; TH01; toluidine blue; TPOX; vaginal swabs

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DNA; LUBRICATING AGENT; REAGENT; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL CRIME; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 0031058533     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14119j     Document Type: Article

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