"Like a virgin": Absence of rheumatoid arthritis and treponematosis, good sanitation and only rare gout in Italy prior to the 15th century

Reumatismo

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-66

  Rothschild, Bruce M ^a,b,c,d   Coppa, A ^e   Petrone, P P ^f  

^a ARTHRITIS CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO   (United States)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^c The University of Akron   (United States)

^d SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gout; Lead poisoning; Paleopathology; Rheumatoid arthritis; Sanitation; Spondyloarthropathy; Syphilis; Trauma; Treponematoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EROSION; GOUT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYGIENE; ITALY; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERIOSTEUM; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SANITATION; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; TREPONEMA;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FOSSILS; GOUT; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; ITALY; SANITATION; TREPONEMAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 1942440487     PISSN: 00487449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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