NCJ Number
17605
Journal
Medicine, Science, and the Law Volume: 14 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY 1974) Pages: 163-167
Date Published
1974
Length
5 pages
Annotation
AN ASSESSMENT OF AN ANTI-HUMAN FETAL HEMOGLOBIN REAGENT FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF FETAL HEMOGLOBIN IN BLOODSTAINS ENCOUNTERED IN FORENSIC SEROLOGY.
Abstract
THE RESULTS OBTAINED EXPERIMENTALLY ON KNOWN MATERIAL HAVE BEEN AUGMENTED IN A 'BLIND' SURVEY INVOLVING STAINS MADE FROM 38 SEPARATE CORD BLOOD SAMPLES. THESE RESULTS ESTABLISH THAT THIS REAGENT WHEN USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANTI-HUMAN HAEMOGLOBIN REAGENT CAN SUCCESSFULLY DIFFERENTIATE CORD BLOOD STAINS FROM THOSE OF ADULT BLOOD. THE METHODS DESCRIBED REPRESENT AN IMPROVEMENT ON THOSE PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF FOETAL HAEMOGLOBIN IN BLOODSTAINS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)