Use of nested PCR to identify charred human remains and minute amounts of blood

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 696-700

  Strom, Charles M ^a   Rechitsky, Svetlana ^a  

^a ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amelogenin; APOB; DNA typing; Forensic science; Minute amounts; Nested PCR; Polymerase chain reaction; vWF

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; DNA;

ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENDER IDENTITY; GENOTYPE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATERNITY TEST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031832415     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16204j     Document Type: Article

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