Use of prostate specific antigen in the identification of semen in postmortem cases

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 288-290

  Levine, Barry ^a   Titus, Jack M ^a   Moore, Karla ^a   Fowler, David ^a  

^a Off Chf Med Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoradiometric assay; Postmortem; Prostate specific antigen

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; VAGINA;

AUTOPSY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SEMEN;

EID: 10044270850     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000136640.06642.f8     Document Type: Article

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