Relationship of spermatoscopy, prostatic acid phosphatase activity and prostate-specific antigen (p30) assays with further DNA typing in forensic samples from rape cases

Forensic Science International

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 111-118

  Romero Montoya, Lydia ^a   Martínez Rodríguez, Hugo ^b   Pérez, Miguel Antonio ^b   Argüello García, Raúl ^c  

^a Instituto de Servicios Periciales   (Mexico)

^b Laboratorio de Química Forense   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatase; Male DNA profile; P30; Prostate specific antigen; Rape analysis; Sperm cytology; Vaginal swabs; Y STRs

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE PROSTATE ISOENZYME; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOSCOPY; VAGINA;

EID: 79952455613     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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