Applicability of Nanotrap Sg as a semen detection kit before male-specific DNA profiling in sexual assaults

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-319

  Sato, Itaru ^a   Barni, Filippo ^b   Yoshiike, Miki ^c   Rapone, Cesare ^b   Berti, Andrea ^b   Nakaki, Shinichi ^d   Yamazaki, Kazuki ^a   Ishikawa, Fumio ^a   Iwamoto, Teruaki ^c  

^a Scientific Crime Laboratory   (Japan)

^b Reparto Investigazioni Scientifiche di Roma   (Italy)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Forensic Science Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic sciences; Immunochromatography; Semen; Semenogelin; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; SEMENOGELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DILUTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL CRIME; SPERMATOZOON; THAWING;

ANTIBODIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS; SEX OFFENSES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 34249110732     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-006-0084-z     Document Type: Article

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