Atherosclerosis across 4000 years of human history: The Horus study of four ancient populations

The Lancet

Volumn 381, Issue 9873, 2013, Pages 1211-1222

  Thompson, Randall C ^a   Allam, Adel H ^b   Lombardi, Guido P ^c   Wann, L Samuel ^d   Sutherland, M Linda ^e   Sutherland, James D ^f   Soliman, Muhammad Al Tohamy ^g   Frohlich, Bruno ^h   Mininberg, David T ⁱ   Monge, Janet M ^j   Vallodolid, Clide M ^k   Cox, Samantha L ^j,l   Abd El Maksoud, Gomaa ^m   Badr, Ibrahim ⁿ   Miyamoto, Michael I ^o   El Halim Nur El Din, Abd ^m,p   Narula, Jagat ^q   Finch, Caleb E ^r   Thomas, Gregory S ^s  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d Wis   (United States)

^e Newport Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^f South Coast Radiologic Medical Group   (United States)

^g NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^k Museo de Sitio Puruchuco Arturo Jimenez Borja   (Peru)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^m CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

ⁿ Institute of Restoration   (Egypt)

^o Mission Internal Medical Group   (United States)

^p University for Science and Technology   (Egypt)

^q Mount Sinai University   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PERU; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF DEATH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84875826782     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60598-X     Document Type: Article

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