ETIOPATHOGENESIS OF SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS - A STUDY OF A EUROPEAN POPULATION THAT LIVED 7,700 YEARS AGO

Authors
CRUBEZY E
Citation
E. Crubezy, ETIOPATHOGENESIS OF SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS - A STUDY OF A EUROPEAN POPULATION THAT LIVED 7,700 YEARS AGO, Revue du rhumatisme, 63(7-8), 1996, pp. 481-484
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Revue du rhumatisme → ACNP
ISSN journal
11698446
Volume
63
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
481 - 484
Database
ISI
SICI code
1169-8446(1996)63:7-8<481:EOSH-A>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The prevalence of hyperostosis meeting the criteria developed by Arlet and Mazieres in skeletons from two of the oldest European necropolise s of neolithic farmers was about 10%, i.e., similar to that in a medie val population of comparable demographic structure. This similarity ov er a greater than 6 600-year period suggests that hyperostosis is rela ted to genetic factors.