Brief communication: Coexistence of melorheostosis and DISH in a female skeleton from magna graecia (Sixth Century BC)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 305-310

  Canci, Alessandro ^a,c   Marchi, Damiano ^b   Caramella, Davide ^b   Fornaciari, Gino ^b   Borgognini Tarli, Silvana M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Unità di Antropologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis; Magna graecia; Sclerosing bone dysplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING HYPEROSTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOSSIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; JOINT; LEG; METAPHYSIS; METATARSAL BONE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PELVIS; SPINE; TIBIA; X RAY; HISTORY; PALEONTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKELETON;

FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL; ITALY; MELORHEOSTOSIS; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETON; TIBIA;

EID: 16844368348     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20077     Document Type: Article

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