Rare failures in the amelogenin sex test

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-120

  Steinlechner, M ^a   Berger, B ^a   Niederstatter H ^a   Parson, W ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amelogenin; DNA; PCR; Sex test; SRY; Y STRs

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION; Y CHROMOSOME;

AMELOGENIN; AUSTRIA; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DENTAL ENAMEL PROTEINS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0036919646     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-001-0264-9     Document Type: Article

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