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Osteological, Biomolecular and Geochemical Examination of an Early Anglo-Saxon Case of Lepromatous Leprosy

We have examined a 5th to 6th century inhumation from Great Chesterford, Essex, UK. The incomplete remains are those of a young male, aged around 21–35 years at death. The remains show osteological evidence of lepromatous leprosy (LL) and this was confirmed by lipid biomarker analysis and ancient DN...

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Autores principales: Inskip, Sarah A., Taylor, G. Michael, Zakrzewski, Sonia R., Mays, Simon A., Pike, Alistair W. G., Llewellyn, Gareth, Williams, Christopher M., Lee, Oona Y-C, Wu, Houdini H. T., Minnikin, David E., Besra, Gurdyal S., Stewart, Graham R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4430215/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25970602
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124282