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Scanning Skeletal Remains for Bone Mineral Density in Forensic Contexts
Published on: January 29, 2018
Brief communication. on the problem of immunological detection of antigens in skeletal remains
E Lendaro1, R Ippoliti, A Bellelli
1Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
|November 1, 1991
Abstract:
A detailed investigation with affinity-chromatography-purified fractions of antihemoglobin serum from rabbit shows that the hemoglobin content of human bones dating back 15 to 3,000 years may be very small. Some of the previous results (Ascenzi et al., 1985) indicating a high hemoglobin titer were +vitiated because of an unexpected cross-reactivity of bone extracts with the hemoglobin-unreactive fraction of the antiserum.

