Typing of XY (male) Genotype from Malignant Neoplastic Tissue by the Amelogenin-based Sex Test

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-226

  Vauhkonen, Hanna ^a,b   Hedman, Minttu ^a   Vauhkonen, Matti ^b   Sipponen, Pentti ^b   Sajantila, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amelogenin; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Gender determination; Short tandem repeat; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DNA REPLICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 1542347206     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003132     Document Type: Article

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