Highly sensitive HLA-DNA typing from formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue samples

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 347-351

  Ota, Masao ^a   Shimada, Kazunori ^b   Asamura, Hideki ^a   Katsuyama, Yoshihiko ^c   Fukushima, Hirofumi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Genome Sci Laboratories Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue; HLA DNA typing; PCR SPP

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDOGENOUS COMPOUND; FORMALDEHYDE; HLA ANTIGEN; PARAFFIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COLON; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBEDDING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE SPECIFIC PRIMER AND PROBE SYSTEM; STOMACH; TISSUE FIXATION;

AUTOPSY; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORMALDEHYDE; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845294363     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000233558.79449.0c     Document Type: Article

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