A medieval case of lepromatous leprosy from 13-14th century Orkney, Scotland

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1133-1138

  Taylor, G Michael ^a   Widdison, Stephanie ^a   Brown, Ivor N ^a   Young, Douglas ^a   Molleson, Theya ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lepromatous leprosy; PCR. ancient DNA

Indexed keywords

AMELOGENIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BONE; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; DNA AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; LEPROSY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; UNITED KINGDOM;

LEPROSY;

EID: 0034485021     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0532     Document Type: Article

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