1. Plasma lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins and sudden cardiac death

   • A. Tsuji
   • N. Ikeda
   • T. Nakamura

   Original article Pages: 151 - 154

2. The detection of dihydrocodeine and its main metabolites in cases of fatal overdose

   • K. Klinder
   • G. Skopp
   • R. Aderjan

   Original article Pages: 155 - 158

3. Estimation of wound age and VCAM-1 in human skin

   • J. Dreßler
   • L. Bachmann
   • E. Müller

   Original article Pages: 159 - 162

4. Diatom analysis in victim’s tissues as an indicator of the site of drowning

   • B. Ludes
   • M. Coste
   • P. Kintz

   Original article Pages: 163 - 166

5. Does the sequence of onset of rigor mortis depend on the proportion of muscle fibre types and on intra-muscular glycogen content?

   • M. Kobayashi
   • T. Takatori
   • Y. Matsuda

   Original article Pages: 167 - 171

6. Mitochondrial DNA in human hair shafts – existence of intra-individual differences?

   • J. Hühne
   • H. Pfeiffer
   • B. Brinkmann

   Original article Pages: 172 - 175

7. On the consequences of DNA profile mismatches for close relatives of an excluded suspect

   • M. Sjerps
   • A. D. Kloosterman

   Original article Pages: 176 - 180

8. Human Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in a Kurdish population sample

   • C. Brinkmann
   • P. Forster
   • B. Brinkmann

   Original article Pages: 181 - 183

9. The concentration of glutamate in cerebral tissue as a factor for the assessment of the emotional state before death. A preliminary report

   • R. Hauser
   • T. Gos
   • E. Goyke

   Original article Pages: 184 - 187

10. Physical activity following fatal injury from sharp pointed weapons

    • B. Karger
    • J. Niemeyer
    • B. Brinkmann

    Original article Pages: 188 - 191

11. Mutation of the repeat number of the HPRTB locus and structure of rare intermediate alleles

    • G. Mertens
    • M. Gielis
    • A. Vandenberghe

    Original article Pages: 192 - 194

12. Recognition and significance of pulmonary bone embolism

    • U. Jenny-Möbius
    • Elisabeth Bruder
    • T. Stallmach

    Case report Pages: 195 - 197

13. Levels of paraquat in fatal intoxications

    • S. K. Lee
    • K. Ameno
    • I. Ijiri

    Case report Pages: 198 - 200

14. Saliva from cheese bite yields DNA profile of burglar: a case report

    • D. Sweet
    • D. Hildebrand

    Case report Pages: 201 - 203

15. Detection of additional structural variation at the FES/FPS system and population data from S. Tomé e Príncipe and North Portugal

    • Luísa Pereira
    • Leonor Gusmão
    • António Amorim

    Short communication Pages: 204 - 206

16. The Y-STRs DYS19 and DYS390 in a south-east Hungarian (Szeged area) population

    • K. Csete
    • A. Szabó
    • T. Varga

    Short communication Pages: 207 - 208

17. Improved DNA typing of human urine by adding EDTA

    • A. Milde
    • Hildegard Haas-Rochholz
    • Hans-Jürgen Kaatsch

    Short communication Pages: 209 - 210

18. Human Y-chromosomal STR types in north Thailand

    • B. Horst
    • A. Eigel
    • B. Brinkmann

    Short communication Pages: 211 - 212