ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

Parentage Determination on Aborted Fetal Material Through Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Profiling
Chaumont, AJ
Physician and professors of forensic medicine, Institut de Médecine Légale et de Médecine Sociale,

Chalumeau, AN
Professor of forensic medicine and physician, Laboratoire de Médecine Légale,

Ludes, BP
Physician and professors of forensic medicine, Institut de Médecine Légale et de Médecine Sociale,

Malicier, DJ
Physician and professors of forensic medicine, Institut de Médecine Légale et de Médecine Sociale,

Mangin, PD
Physician and professors of forensic medicine, Institut de Médecine Légale et de Médecine Sociale,

(Received 22 May 1990; accepted 22 October 1990)

Abstract

After a rape, women who are pregnant often elect to abort the fetus. The authors describe ten cases in which deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) typing was performed on the aborted fetal material to provide evidence of the genetic constitution of the suspect. The problems encountered with this new technique are discussed.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, criminal sex offenses, genetic typing, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), DNA typing

Paper ID: JFS13139J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13139J
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