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KMID : 0357820080320010034
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Korean Journal of Legal Medicine
2008 Volume.32 No. 1 p.34 ~ p.38
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A New Technique of Fingerprints Restoration in Putrefied and Dried Fingers; Rehydration
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Shin Kyung-Taik
Kim Eun-Hee
Jung Sung-Kook
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Abstract
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Fingerprints remain the most important methodology of personal identification in the field of scene investigation despite of outstanding current DNA typing technique. Restoration of fingerprints may be, however, difficult or impossible in cases of severely putrefied or dried bodies. Several methods have been used in fingerprints recovery but they are somewhat easy and costly. We introduce a new practical method that is reconditioning of friction ridge skin with rehydration, which can obtain a good quality for comparison and identification via the automated fingerprint identification system. We think this method is easy to use and could contribute to restoring fingerprints of dead bodies with severe postmortem change.
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KEYWORD
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fingerprints restoration, rehydration, severe postmortem change
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