Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 16-18 , August 2008

The visualization and quantification of cell nuclei in telogen hair roots by fluorescence microscopy, as a pre-DNA analysis assessment

  • Tom Boonen

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), Microtraces Laboratory, Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), Department of Biology, Microtraces Laboratory, Vilvoordsesteenweg 100, 1120 Brussels, Belgium. Tel.: +32 2 240 04 90; fax: +32 2 240 05 01.
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  • Kathy Vits

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), Microtraces Laboratory, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Bernadette Hoste

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), DNA Laboratory, Brussels, Belgium
    • ,
  • Françoise Hubrecht

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Criminalistics and Criminology (NICC), Microtraces Laboratory, Brussels, Belgium

Received 22 August 2007 ,Accepted 10 October 2007.

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PII: S1875-1768(08)00135-2

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2007.10.098

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 16-18 , August 2008

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