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- Title
Evidence for a 7000-year-old case of primary hyperparathyroidism.
- Authors
Zink, Albert R.; Panzer, Stephanie; Fesq-Martin, Martinus; Burger-Heinrich, Eva; Wahl, Joachim; Nerlich, Andreas G.
- Abstract
Presents a research letter discussing a case of primary hyperparathyroidism dating from the Early Neolithic period. Finding of multiple osseous lesions on the female skeleton discovered in a German cemetery; Methods used to evaluate pathological processes, including digital radiography and histological analysis; Evidence of osteoclasia and demineralization of the skeleton.
- Subjects
GERMANY; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; RADIOGRAPHY in archaeology; HUMAN skeleton; SKELETON radiography; MEDICAL radiography; DISEASES; ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2005, Vol 293, Issue 1, p40
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
historical material
- DOI
10.1001/jama.293.1.40-c