DNA identification of formalin-fixed organs is affected by fixation time and type of fixatives: Using the Ampfℓstr® Identifiler® PCR Amplification Kit

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-16

  Taguchi, Mami ^a   Inoue, Hiroyuki ^a   Motani Saitoh, Hisako ^a   Yajima, Daisuke ^a   Hayakawa, Mutsumi ^a   Otsuka, Katsura ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuhiro ^a   Iwase, Hirotaro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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EID: 84855645699     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/msl.2011.010140     Document Type: Article

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