Akhenaten and the strange physiques of Egypt's 18th dynasty

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 556-560

  Braverman, Irwin M ^a   Redford, Donald B ^b   Mackowiak, Philip A ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b State College   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450;

ANTLEY BIXLER SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; EGYPT; ENZYME DEFECT; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; LITERATURE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; STEROIDOGENESIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MALE; MUTATION; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PUBLIC FIGURE;

ANTLEY-BIXLER SYNDROME PHENOTYPE; AROMATASE; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; EGYPT; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; MUTATION; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 65349154485     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-8-200904210-00010     Document Type: Article

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