Goiter in an eighteenth-century Sicilian mummy

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 427-432

  Ciranni, Rosalba ^a   Castagna, Maura ^a   Fornaciari, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Histology; Immunohistochemistry; Paleopathology; Thyroglobulin

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032890708     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199904)108:4<427::AID-AJPA4>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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