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Newborn genetic identification: a protocol using microsatellite DNA as an alternative to footprinting.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 4 Jul 1997
de Pancorbo M M, Rodríguez-Alarcón J, Castro A, Fernández-Fernández I, Melchor J C, Linares A, García-Orad A, Fernández-Llebrez del Rey L, Aranguren G, Santillana L
Abstract excerpt
Newborn identification by foot- or finger-printing presents serious drawbacks. This study proposes an alternative method based on DNA analysis of blood-spots taken from the newborn child. CSF1PO, TPOX and TH01 microsatellite loci were chosen to develop a fast and reliable protocol to be applied in cases where it is suspected that newborn children have been exchanged. The advantage of these loci is that one can...
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