Something old, something new-Computed tomography studies of the cardiovascular system in ancient egyptian mummies

American Heart Hospital Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-13

  Allam, Adel H ^a   Nureldin, Abdelhalium ^b,c   Adelmaksoub, Gomma ^b   Badr, Ibrahem ^d   Amer, Hany Abdel ^e   Soliman, Muhamed Al Tohamy ^e   Thomas, Gregory S ^f,g   Thompson, Randall C ^h   Miyamoto, Michael I ^g   Thomas, Ian G ^h   Thompson, Adam ⁱ   Wann, Samuel ^j  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA   (Egypt)

^d Institute of Restoration   (Egypt)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Mission Internal Medical Group   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

ⁱ MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA DETERMINATION; EGYPT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION CENTER; LIFESTYLE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORONARY VESSELS; EGYPT; HUMANS; MUMMIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79954623029     PISSN: 15419215     EISSN: 17517168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15420/ahhj.2010.8.1.10     Document Type: Article

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