Hyperostosis frontalis interna: What does it tell us about our health?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 392-397

  May, Hila ^a   Peled, Nathan ^b   Dar, Gali ^c   Abbas, Janan ^a   Hershkovitz, Israel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; ISRAEL; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SKULL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS FRONTALIS INTERNA; ISRAEL; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953878331     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21156     Document Type: Article

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