1. Scanning and transmission electron microscopical evidence of the capacity of diatoms to penetrate the alveolo-capillary barrier in drowning

   • P. Lunetta
   • A. Penttilä
   • G. Hällfors

   Original article Pages: 229 - 237

2. The diagnosis of amniotic fluid embolism: an immunohistochemical study for the quantification of pulmonary mast cell tryptase

   • V. Fineschi
   • R. Gambassi
   • E. Turillazzi

   Original article Pages: 238 - 243

3. Sequence variation of a hypervariable short tandem repeat at the D1S1656 locus

   • M. V. Lareu
   • S. Barral
   • A. Carracedo

   Original article Pages: 244 - 247

4. Analysis of nine short tandem repeat (STR) loci in the Slovenian population

   • I. Zupanič
   • J. Balažic
   • R. Komel

   Original article Pages: 248 - 250

5. Time-dependent expression of interleukin-10 (IL-10) mRNA during the early phase of skin wound healing as a possible indicator of wound vitality

   • T. Ohshima
   • Y. Sato

   Original article Pages: 251 - 255

6. Lipid peroxidation in lung tissue after chest trauma and correlation with the duration of the post-trauma survival period

   • E. Osuna
   • M. D. Pérez-Cárceles
   • A. Luna

   Original article Pages: 256 - 260

7. Performance enhancing drugs (doping agents) and sudden death – a case report and review of the literature

   • R. Hausmann
   • S. Hammer
   • P. Betz

   Case report Pages: 261 - 264

8. A case of fatal benzalkonium chloride poisoning

   • M. Hitosugi
   • K. Maruyama
   • A. Takatsu

   Case report Pages: 265 - 266

9. New reference allelic ladders to improve allelic designation in a multiplex STR system

   • R. A. L. Griffiths
   • M. D. Barber
   • P. Gill

   Short communication Pages: 267 - 272

10. DlS80 allele frequencies in Hasidic and non-Hasidic New York City Jewish populations

    • I. Medintz
    • C. Kingston
    • L. Kobilinsky

    Short communication Pages: 273 - 275

11. Distribution of D1S80 alleles in the Jordanian population

    • K. Balamurugan
    • H. Abdel-Rehman
    • M. Tahir

    Short communication Pages: 276 - 277

12. Is the incidence of SIDS increasing in Asia?

    • T. Sawaguchi
    • E. A. S. Nelson
    • B. Knight

    Short communication Pages: 278 - 280

13. Population study of the short tandem repeat polymorphisms HumTH01, HumvWA31, HumFESFPS and HumF13A01 in Sicily (Southern Italy)

    • A. Asmundo
    • C. Crinò

    Short communication Pages: 281 - 283

14. Potential DNA mixtures introduced through kissing

    • S. Banaschak
    • K. Möller
    • H. Pfeiffer

    Short communication Pages: 284 - 285