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Congenital scoliosis: possible causes and consequences in a skeleton from Nubia
Author(s) -
Kilgore Lynn,
Van Gerven Dennis
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/oa.1085
Subject(s) - paleopathology , skeleton (computer programming) , scoliosis , congenital scoliosis , axial skeleton , human skeleton , anatomy , medicine , surgery , pathology
Reports of congenital scoliosis (CS) are rare in the literature of paleopathology. This study details severe CS in the complete, well preserved skeleton of an adult male, dated to AD 550–800, from the Sudanese site of Kulubnarti. This skeleton, designated as S‐16, is the most complete archaeologically derived example of CS to be documented. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.