Rheumatoid arthritis, Klippel-Feil syndrome and Pott's disease in Cardinal Carlo de' Medici (1595-1666)

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 594-602

  Giuffra, Valentina ^a   Vitiello, A ^a   Giusiani, S ^a   Fornaciari, A ^b   Caramella, D ^a   Villari, N ^c   Fornaciari, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ankylosis; Florence; Medici; Renaissance; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANKYLOSIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; ITALY; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKELETON; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS, SPINAL;

EID: 70449602986     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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