A qualitative study of compact bone microstructure and nuclear short tandem repeat obtained from femur of human remains found on the ground and exhumed 3 years after death

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-44

  Miazato Iwamura, Edna S ^a,b   Oliveira, Claudia Regina G C M ^b   Soares Vieira, José Arnaldo ^a   Nascimento, Sergio A B ^b   Muñoz, Daniel R ^a  

^a Instituto Oscar Freire   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bones; DNA analysis; Forensic science; Pathology; PCR

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; POLYACRYLAMIDE; SILVER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECOMPOSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXHUMATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 14244260064     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000154116.30837.d5     Document Type: Article

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