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Evaluation of allelic alterations in short tandem repeats in different kinds of solid tumors--possible pitfalls in forensic casework.
Forensic science international - 4 Oct 2004
Poetsch Micaela, Petersmann Astrid, Woenckhaus Christian, Protzel Chris, Dittberner Thomas, Lignitz Eberhard, Kleist Britta
Abstract excerpt
Archival pathology specimens are nowadays a frequently used source in forensic identification or paternity testing, if no other material is available. A greater part of this archived material, however, consists of solid tumors known for aberrations in coding and non-coding regions of the genome. Therefore, alterations of short tandem repeats (STRs) used in forensic casework are also possible. In our study of 118...
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