Erosive peripheral polyarthritis in ancient Japanese skeletons: A possible case of rheumatoid arthritis

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Inoue, Koji ^a   Hukuda, Sinsuke ^a   Nakai, Masashi ^b   Katayama, Kazumichi ^b   Huang, Jie ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Jomon period; Polyarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040288886     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1212(199901/02)9:1<1::AID-OA464>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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