Assay performance results with the AmpliType® PM PCR Amplification and Typing Kit: On DNA mock casework, adjudicated/nonprobative casework, and proficiency panels from 21 forensic laboratories in the United States and Canada

Crime Laboratory Digest

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 27-30

  Bing, David H ^a   Sawosik, Teryl M ^a   Word, Charlotte J ^b   Scioli Jordan, Ramona ^c   Sherlock Reich, Linda ^c   Ballantyne, Jack ^c   Mills, Phil R ^d   Smetana, Clement G ^d   Romero, Renee ^e   Henry, Berch ^e  

^a CENTER FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Cellmark Diagnostics   (United States)

^c Suffolk County Crime Laboratory   (United States)

^d U S ARMY   (United States)

^e Forensic Science Division   (United States)

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