Can post-mortem blood be used for DNA profiling after peri-mortem blood transfusion?

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-23

  Graham, E A M ^a   Tsokos, M ^b   Rutty, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Forensic DNA profiling; Post mortem; Short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL INFILTRATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DONOR LYMPHOCYTE INFUSION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

AUTOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 33845736405     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0063-9     Document Type: Article

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