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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in Meroitic Nubians from Semna South, Sudan
Author(s) -
Arriaza Bernardo T.,
Merbs Charles F.,
Rothschild Bruce M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330920302
Subject(s) - diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis , osteology , hyperostosis , medicine , paleopathology , anatomy , geography , archaeology , ossification
The paleopathological study of human osteological remains from the site of Semna South, of northern Sudan, revealed that about thirteen percent of this ancient Nubian population had diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). As in modern cases, males were more affected than females. Two thousand years ago, ancient Nubian males had the same spinal problems elderly men have today. © 1993 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.