Paleodermatoses: Lessons learned from mummies

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 919-936

  Lowenstein, Eve Judith ^a,b  

^a SUNY Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DERMATOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INHERITANCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION;

EID: 2542472428     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(03)00914-9     Document Type: Editorial

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