The sociopolitical history and physiological underpinnings of skull deformation

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Ayer, Amit ^a   Campbell, Alexander ^b   Appelboom, Geoffrey ^a   Hwang, Brian Y ^a   McDowell, Michael ^a   Piazza, Matthew ^a   Feldstein, Neil A ^a   Anderson, Richard C E ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Department of History ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachycephaly; Egypt; Peru; Plagiocephaly; Skull deformation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EGYPT; HISTORY; HUMAN; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PERU; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLAGIOCEPHALY; POLITICS; SKULL;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; EGYPT; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MUMMIES; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PERU; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; POLITICS; SKULL;

EID: 78650264196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.9.FOCUS10202     Document Type: Article

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