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M Staak

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[Possibilities of serologic individual typing of urine].

Human urine is frequently analysed in cases of doping or drug consumption. In this connection the necessity of an adequate urine identification arises. Apart from DNA-polymorphisms it exists a comprehensive repertoire of classic serological methods for this purpose. Human urine samples have been typed successfully in the following blood group systems: antigens of the erythrocytes' membrane (AB0-, Lewis-system), protein polymorphisms (Gc, transferrin, alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein) and enzyme polymorphisms (GPT). The results of the different studies are presented and completed by our own experiences with the Gc-system. In addition it is reported about our investigations concerning PGM1-subtyping of human urine.

Blood Grouping and Crossmatching↗
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[Autopsy before cremation--formality without efficacy?].

A multicentre study involving 36 out of 38 German medico-legal Institutes discovered 784 non-natural fatalities among 78,000 external examinations before cremation (1%) in 1995. These included 169 accidents, 16 suicides, 3 homicides and 589 deaths in connection with medical treatment. In the remaining 7 cases, a belated differentiation between homicide and accident was not successful. A linear projection results in 1980 non-natural fatalities among all 197,000 external examinations before cremation. This number includes 8 homicides but due to considerable inhomogeneities, a number of 40 homicides appears to be realistic. Consequently, abolishing the mandatory external examination before cremation would be equivalent to an official renouncement of solving relevant non-natural deaths. In case of a thorough external examination, a total of 18,000 non-natural fatalities including approximately 180 homicides could be detected per year during the first external examinations (n = 885,000).

Autopsy↗