Paternity-testing on paraffin-embedded abortion tissue: preparation of fetal cells may be indispensable.
In a case of sexual abuse, a paternity test was performed on paraffin embedded abortion material. STR typing was successful only after isolating fetal tissue from the abortion-material and separately extracting DNA from the excised fetal cells. Examination with five STRs led to a paternity index of 332, confirming the abuse that had resulted in pregnancy.
Zehner
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Zentrum der Rechtsmedizin der J.W. Goethe-Universität Kennedyallee, Frankfurt, Germany. zehner@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Lasczkowski
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D000029:Abortion, Legal; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000166:cytology*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010334:Paternity; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics*; D016707:Tissue Fixation