Differential diagnosis of mastoid hypocellularity in human skeletal remains

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 442-453

  Flohr, Stefan ^a,b   Kierdorf, Uwe ^a   Schultz, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mastoid process; Otitis media; Paleopathology; Temporal bone pneumatization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE EXAMINATION; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MASTOID; MASTOID HYPOCELLULARITY; MICROSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMATIZATION; RADIOGRAPHY; SKELETON; SKULL; TEMPORAL BONE; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; BONE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID;

EID: 70349898058     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21087     Document Type: Article

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