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Renal immunohistochemical investigation for the differentiation of the cause of multiple trauma fatalities
14 October 2011
Abstract: In fatalities with multiple traumatic injuries, it is important to determine the severity of trauma, the main damaged organ, and the antemortem pathophysiological condition. We examined 63 c...
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Tomoko Sugimura,
Elaine Lu Wang,
Masayuki Kashiwagi,
Kenji Hara,
Aya Matsusue,
Brian Waters,
Shin-ichi Kubo
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1-5
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Characterization of bruises using ultrasonography for potential application in diagnosis of child abuse
22 December 2011
Abstract: To protect children from abuse, it is important to identify victims at an early date, but diagnosis is often difficult. We used ultrasonography for objective examination of bruises arising f...
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Sohtaro Mimasaka,
Toru Oshima,
Maki Ohtani
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Development of multiplex assay with 16 SNPs on X chromosome for degraded samples
19 December 2011
Abstract: We selected 16 new X chromosomal SNPs (rs4827155, rs471205, rs7884160, rs16982419, rs985251, rs3813932, rs6630351, rs4132871, rs5966270, rs7471388, rs6641116, rs6521038, rs5990560, rs5959408...
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Takahito Oki,
Tokutaro Hayashi,
Masao Ota,
Hideki Asamura
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11-16
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Blood, urine and vitreous isopropyl alcohol as biochemical markers in forensic investigations
19 December 2011
Abstract: Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) is widely used as an industrial solvent and cleaning fluid. After ingestion or absorption, IPA is converted into acetone by alcohol dehydrogenase. However, in ketosis...
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Cristian Palmiere,
Frank Sporkert,
Dominique Werner,
Daniel Bardy,
Marc Augsburger,
Patrice Mangin
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17-20
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Morphologic investigation of injury caused by locally applied negative pressure in a rat model
28 December 2011
Abstract: Although some previous studies have reported patients who developed compartment syndrome or died because of locally applied negative pressure, no detailed investigation of pathologic changes...
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Ninomiya Kenji,
Yoko Ihama,
Maki Fukasawa,
Takumi Nagai,
Chiaki Fuke,
Tetsuji Miyazaki
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21-26
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Usefulness of postmortem biochemistry in forensic pathology: Illustrative case reports
16 December 2011
Abstract: The aim of this work is to present some practical, postmortem biochemistry applications to illustrate the usefulness of this discipline and reassert the importance of carrying out biochemica...
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Cristian Palmiere,
Maria del Mar Lesta,
Sara Sabatasso,
Patrice Mangin,
Marc Augsburger,
Frank Sporkert
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Extraction platform evaluations: A comparison of Automate Express™, EZ1® Advanced XL, and Maxwell® 16 Bench-top DNA extraction systems
19 December 2011
Abstract: The DNA extraction performance of three low-throughput extraction systems was evaluated. The instruments and respective chemistries all use a similar extraction methodology that involves bin...
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Carey P. Davis,
Jonathan L. King,
Bruce Budowle,
Arthur J. Eisenberg,
Meredith A. Turnbough
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Evaluation of multiple transfer of DNA using mock case scenarios
21 December 2011
Abstract: DNA transfer and its possible role in explaining the presence of a biological sample at a crime scene is becoming more prevalent in criminal investigations and related court proceedings. To ...
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Mariya Goray,
John R. Mitchell,
Roland A.H. van Oorschot
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Determination of ABO genotypes by real-time PCR using allele-specific primers
19 December 2011
Abstract: ABO grouping of biological specimens is informative for identifying victims and narrowing down suspects. In Japan and elsewhere, ABO grouping as well as DNA profiling plays an essential role...
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Tomonori Muro,
Junko Fujihara,
Shinji Imamura,
Hiroaki Nakamura,
Kaori Kimura-Kataoka,
Tomoko Toga,
Reiko Iida,
Toshihiro Yasuda,
Haruo Takeshita
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Evaluation of latex agglutination tests for fibrin–fibrinogen degradation products in the forensic identification of menstrual blood
21 December 2011
Abstract: The identification of menstrual blood is important when discriminating menstruation from vaginal trauma in sexual assault cases. The aim of this study was to evaluate two fibrin–fibrinogen d...
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Tomoko Akutsu,
Ken Watanabe,
Hisako Motani,
Hirotaro Iwase,
Koichi Sakurada
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