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DNA analysis of root canal-filled teeth.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jul 2017
Izawa Hikaru, Tsutsumi Hirofumi, Maruyama Sayaka, Komuro Toshinobu
Abstract excerpt
Teeth are markedly useful as samples for DNA analysis; however, intact teeth are not always available. This study examined the possibility of identifying autosomal and Y-chromosome short tandem repeat (STR) types in samples from 34 teeth (15 intact and 19 root canal filled) that had been preserved for 10-33years after dental extraction. The aim was to explore the feasibility of individual identification by DNA...
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