Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , December 2008

A fluorescent microscopy-screening test for efficient STR-typing of telogen hair roots

  • Luc Bourguignon

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), Microtraces Laboratory, Chaussée de Vilvorde 98-100, B-1120 Brussels, Belgium
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  • Bernadette Hoste

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), DNA Laboratory, Chaussée de Vilvorde 98-100, B-1120 Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Tom Boonen

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), Microtraces Laboratory, Chaussée de Vilvorde 98-100, B-1120 Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Kathy Vits

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), Microtraces Laboratory, Chaussée de Vilvorde 98-100, B-1120 Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Françoise Hubrecht

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), Microtraces Laboratory, Chaussée de Vilvorde 98-100, B-1120 Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 2 240 04 91; fax: +32 2 240 05 01.

Received 22 January 2008 ,Revised 29 July 2008 ,Accepted 27 August 2008.

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PII: S1872-4973(08)00131-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2008.08.006

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , December 2008

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