Evaluation of allelic alterations in short tandem repeats in different kinds of solid tumors - Possible pitfalls in forensic casework

Forensic Science International

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Poetsch, Micaela ^a   Petersmann, Astrid ^a   Woenckhaus, Christian ^a   Protzel, Chris ^a   Dittberner, Thomas ^b   Lignitz, Eberhard ^a   Kleist, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Medizinischer Dienst K   (Germany)

Author keywords

Loss of heterozygosity (LOH); Nuclear microsatellite instability (nMSI); Short tandem repeat (STR); Solid tumors

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CORRELATION; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOLID TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 4444370801     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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