A case of dwarfism from the byzantine city rehovot-in-the-negev, israel

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 573-589

  Slon, V ^a   Nagar, Y ^b   Kuperman, T ^a   Hershkovitz, I ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; Christianity; Dwarf; Hydrocephalus; Pathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885474229     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1285     Document Type: Article

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