[Application of pcr in paternity determination in pregnancy preceded by rape]

Authors present a case of PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) technique application for the paternity determination in pregnancy preceded by the rape. Diagnostic material was obtained in the 10th week of pregnancy by the use of transabdominal Chorionic Villous Sampling under the echo-guidance and its DNA feature was compared against the DNA material obtained from the vagina after the rape and the material from mother and her husband. The PCR technique revealed in chorionic villi the presence of allele that were present in material deriving from mother and her husband as well as no even single allele from the material of violator. Exclusion of violator as a father of the foetus effected in decision of continuing the pregnancy.