Paleopathology in South American mummies: A review and rew findings

Pathobiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 249-256

  Gerszten, Enrique ^a   Allison, Marvin J ^a   Maguire, Brianna ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Infections; Mummies; Neoplasms; Traumas

Indexed keywords

ANTIQUITY; ARCHEOLOGY; AUTOPSY; CARRION DISEASE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEISHMANIASIS; MALARIA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SKULL INJURY; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; SYPHILIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTORY; INJURY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE;

AUTOPSY; BURIAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MUMMIES; NEOPLASMS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84862879823     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: 14230291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000334087     Document Type: Review

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