HLA typing of aortic tissues from unidentified bodies using hot start polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers.

doi:10.1016/s1344-6223(02)00108-6

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HLA typing of aortic tissues from unidentified bodies using hot start polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primers.

Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Mar 2003

Sato Yayoi, Hayakawa Mutsumi, Nakajima Toru, Motani Hisako, Kiuchi Masahiro

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This study investigated the identification of unidentified bodies through HLA DNA typing of aortic tissues. Eight aortas were collected at autopsy from six bodies found in water, one burnt body, and one mummified body, respectively. DNA was extracted from 10-20 mg of aortic tissue with a PUREGENE...

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