title: [Paternity exclusion tests in the Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Medical Sciences in Poznan].
abstract: The study comprises the analysis of expert's hemogenetic reports carried out in the Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, in the years 1980-2004 and associated with paternity determination or exclusion. In the analyzed period, the authors established 1064 cases of paternity exclusion in serological tests, 97 paternity exclusions in the HLA examinations, and 129 cases of paternity exclusions processed in DNA testing. On the base of gene frequencies, the theoretical chance of paternity exclusion was determined for every test. The significant usefulness of DNA testing in legal processes did not cause an increase in the percentage of paternity exclusions. Moreover, the authors observed a significant decrease in the number of paternity exclusions in comparison with results of serological tests (from 24.25% to 19.43%). With the drop in the number of births, the number of expert's reports significantly decreased.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej, Akademii Medycznej w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koralewska-Kordel
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kordel
authors.forename: Zygmunt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Przybylski
authors.forename: Sławomir A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Wiśniewski
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010334:Paternity; D011044:Poland; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011336:Probability; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences