Brief communication: Paleohistopathological analysis of pathology museum specimens: Can periosteal reaction microstructure explain lesion etiology?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 186-193

  Weston, Darlene A ^a,b,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Histology; Paleopathology; Periostitis; SEM BSE

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACK SCATTERED ELECTRON IMAGING; BONE STRUCTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION CENTER; MORPHOLOGY; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PERIOSTEUM; RADIOGRAPHY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSEUMS; OSTEOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY;

EID: 68949090192     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21081     Document Type: Article

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