Identification of exhumed remains of fire tragedy victims using conventional methods and autosomal/Y-chromosomal short tandem repeat DNA profiling

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-291

  Calacal, Gayvelline C ^a,b   Delfin, Frederick C ^a   Tan, Michelle Music M ^a,b   Roewer, Lutz ^b   Magtanong, Danilo L ^c   Lara, Myra C ^c   Fortun, Raquel D R ^c   De Ungria, Maria Corazon A ^a  

^a University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

DNA typing; Fire tragedy; Identification; Short tandem repeats; Skeletal remains

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOME; BONE; CADAVER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXHUMED REMAINS; FEMALE; FIRE; FIRE VICTIM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SKELETAL REMAINS; VICTIM; Y CHROMOSOME;

AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EXHUMATION; FEMALE; FIRES; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHILIPPINES; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 24644510732     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000177338.21951.82     Document Type: Article

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