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Thalassaemia: Its diagnosis and interpretation in past skeletal populations

2010-12-10

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ABSTRACT The diagnosis of thalassaemia in archaeological populations has long been hindered by a lack of pathogonomic features, and the non‐specific nature of cribra orbitalia and porotic hyperostosis. In fact, clinical research has highlighted more specific diagnostic criteria for thalassaemia major and intermedia based on changes to the thorax (‘rib‐within‐a‐rib’ and costal osteomas). A recent re‐examination of...

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DOI: 10.1002/oa.1229

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