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Post-mortem forensic identity testing: application of PCR to the identification of fire victim.
Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina - 4 May 2000
Soares-Vieira J A, Billerbeck A E, Iwamura E S, Cardoso L d, Romero Muñoz D
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CONTEXT: DNA analysis has been used with success in the identification of carbonized corpses and victims of large accidents. The analysis requires relatives of crash victims to donate blood for analysis. The relatives are generally willing contribute to the identification by giving a blood sample. OBJECTIVE: To describe the use of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for genetic characterization of one victim...
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