The ossification diathesis in the Medici family: DISH and other features

Rheumatology International

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1649-1652

  Weisz, George M ^a   Matucci Cerinic, Marco ^b   Lippi, Donatella ^b   Albury, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis; Florence; Medici family; Ossification diathesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPEROSTOSIS; OSSIFICATION; OSSIFICATION DIATHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SKELETON; SPINE;

BONE AND BONES; FAMILY; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL; ITALY; MALE;

EID: 83555163885     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1563-6     Document Type: Article

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