Differential diagnosis of holes in the calvarium: Application of modern clinical data to palaeopathology

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-218

  Kaufman, M H ^a   Whitaker, D ^a   McTavish, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign tumours; Congenital defects; Diagnosis; Holes in skull; Malignant tumours; Palaeopathology; Pathological lesions; Pseudopathology; Trauma (military and civil); Trephining

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013279483     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1995.0104     Document Type: Article

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