Porotic hyperostosis and the Gelligaer skull.
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چکیده
The differential diagnosis of the bony lesions known as porotic hyperostosis found on a Bronze Age child's skull is discussed. Keith and Shattock gave an opinion in 1923 that the cause was rickets. A firm conclusion is not reached in this paper, but it is suggested that it was more likely to have been an iron-deficiency anaemia.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical pathology
دوره 21 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1968