Preliminary report on the paleopathological research of the skeletal material from the Szeged medieval castle excavation

Acta Biologica Szegediensis

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-138

  Ôz, Brigitta ^a,g   Hajnal, Krisztina ^a   Marcsik, Antónia ^a   Fogas, Ottó ^b   Horváth, Ferenc ^b   Zádori, Péter ^c,d   Kelemen, Kornél ^d   Vandulek, Csaba ^c   Schultz, Michael ^e   Márk, László ^f   Molnár, Erika ^a   Pálfi, György ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b Ferenc Móra Museum   (Hungary)

^c SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d Kaposi Mor Teaching Hospital   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^g Field Service for Cultural Heritage   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Middle ages; Paleopathology; Pre Columbian treponematosis; Szeged Castle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; LIMB FRACTURE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE AGES; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PERIOSTITIS; RIB FRACTURE; SKELETON; SYPHILIS; TUBERCULOUS SPONDYLITIS;

EID: 77951799597     PISSN: 1588385X     EISSN: 15884082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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