Lysis at the anterior vertebral body margin: Evidence for brucellar spondylitis?

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-118

  Mays, Simon A ^a  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior disc herniation; Brucellosis; Limbus vertebra; Palaeopathology; Trauma; Wharram Percy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247371752     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.903     Document Type: Review

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