Prehistoric juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in a precontact Louisiana native population reconsidered

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-248

  Lewis, Barbara A ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lyme disease; Native American migration; Paleopathology; Spondyloarthropathy; Treponematosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LYME DISEASE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKELETON; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TICK; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LOUISIANA; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031804896     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199806)106:2<229::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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