Hyperostosis frontalis interna: An anthropological perspective

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-325

  Hershkovitz, Israel ^a,b   Greenwald, Charles ^a   Rothschild, Bruce M ^c   Latimer, Bruce ^a,d   Dutour, Olivier ^e   Jellema, Lyman M ^a   Wish Baratz, Susanne ^b  

^a CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Hyperostosis frontalis interna; Skeletal populations

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOLOGY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEROSTOSIS; MALE; NEGRO; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL; TESTIS ATROPHY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 0033032205     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199907)109:3<303::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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