Malaria, mummies, mutations: Tutankhamun's archaeological autopsy

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1278-1280

  Timmann, Christian ^a   Meyer, Christian G ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gaucher's disease; K hler's disease; Malaria; Sickle cell disease; Tutankhamun

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALARIA; MUTATION;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE NECROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DNA EXTRACTION; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIAPISM; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EGYPT; FAMOUS PERSONS; GAUCHER DISEASE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MUMMIES; MUTATION;

EID: 79251514667     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02614.x     Document Type: Article

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