The 'gout' of the Medici, Grand Dukes of Florence: A palaeopathological study

Rheumatology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 375-377

  Fornaciari, Gino ^a   Giuffra, Valentina ^a   Giusiani, Sara ^a   Fornaciari, Antonio ^b   Villari, Natale ^c   Vitiello, Angelica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosimo I; Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis; Ferdinand I; Florence; Gout; Medici; Renaissance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GOUT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEROSTOSIS; LIFESTYLE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OSTEOPHYTE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

BONE AND BONES; GOUT; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 63249101414     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ken493     Document Type: Article

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