Using SXRF and LA-ICP-TOFMS to Explore Evidence of Treatment and Physiological Responses to Leprosy in Medieval Denmark

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Leprosy, a chronic infectious disease, leads to blood mineral imbalances: low levels of zinc, calcium, magnesium, and iron and high levels of copper. Interestingly, in late medieval Europe, minerals were used to treat leprosy. We investigated physiological responses to leprosy and po...

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Autores principales: Brozou, Anastasia, Mannino, Marcello A., Van Malderen, Stijn J. M., Garrevoet, Jan, Pubert, Eric, Fuller, Benjamin T., Dean, M. Christopher, Colard, Thomas, Santos, Frédéric, Lynnerup, Niels, Boldsen, Jesper L., Jørkov, Marie Louise, Soficaru, Andrei Dorian, Vincze, Laszlo, Le Cabec, Adeline
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9952905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36829463
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12020184

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9952905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36829463
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology12020184

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