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DNA Ty** — Strategies in Paternity and Forensic Casework

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Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics

Part of the book series: Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics ((HAEMOGENETICS,volume 5))

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Since 1972 we have tested 7272 cases of doubtful paternity. Most cases were adequately resolved by testing the conventional red cell antigen, plasma protein, red cell enzyme and HLA polymorphisms. During the last year we have added DNA ty** using single locus VNTRs in all cases not resolved by conventional methods or where the probability of paternity was too low.

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  1. Provincial Laboratory for Tissue Immunology, Cape Town, South Africa

    E. D. du Toit, B. Arendse, S. Reavis, M. Jacobs, T. Schlaphoff & J. Rousseau

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  1. Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität Zürich-Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zürich, Switzerland

    Walter Bär

  2. Istituto di Medicina Legale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, I-00168, Roma, Italy

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  3. Servizio Ematologia e Centro Trasfusionale, Ospedale Civile Legnano, I-20025, Legnano (Milano), Italy

    Umberto Rossi

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du Toit, E.D., Arendse, B., Reavis, S., Jacobs, M., Schlaphoff, T., Rousseau, J. (1994). DNA Ty** — Strategies in Paternity and Forensic Casework. In: Bär, W., Fiori, A., Rossi, U. (eds) Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics. Advances in Forensic Haemogenetics, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78782-9_50

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