title: [Costicartilage analysis inspection technology in the application of forensic medicine].
abstract: The traditional costicartilage analysis inspection is limited to morphological inspection. In recent years, with the development of forensic radiology and molecular genetics, the costicartilage analysis inspection technology has been further enriched and developed. At present, the costicartilage analysis inspection technology have been able to be used in the practice of forensic medicine. This paper reviews the research advances about the costicartilage analysis inspection technology in the identification of human gender, age and so on in order to provide the references for forensic appraisers.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Key Laboratory of Crime Scene Evidence, Institute of Forensic Science, Shanghai Public Security Bureau, Shanghai 200083, China. kgmh@sina.com
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Bi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Jian-Jun
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Kai-Jun
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods*; D000367:Age Factors; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic; D002356:Cartilage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012732:Sex Determination Analysis / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA