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Rheumatoid arthritis in a medieval skeleton
Author(s) -
Hacking Peter,
Allen Tim,
Rogers Juliet
Publication year - 1994
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.1390040310
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , skeleton (computer programming) , paleopathology , human skeleton , osteoarthritis , medicine , arthritis , archaeology , geography , anatomy , pathology , alternative medicine
Osteoarthritis in human skeletons from archaeological sites is common but there have been very few convincing descriptions of rheumatoid arthritis. We present a case of a near symmetrical erosive polyarthropathy in a medieval skeleton which we believe fulfils the criteria for typical rheumatoid arthritis.
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