Paleopathological Study of Dwarfism-Related Skeletal Dysplasia in a Late Joseon Dynasty (South Korean) Population

Skeletal dysplasias related to genetic etiologies have rarely been reported for past populations. This report presents the skeletal characteristics of an individual with dwarfism-related skeletal dysplasia from South Korea. To assess abnormal deformities, morphological features, metric data, and com...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 10; no. 10; p. e0140901
Main Authors:	Woo, Eun Jin, Lee, Won-Joon, Hu, Kyung-Seok, Hwang, Jae Joon
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 21-10-2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Achondroplasia Achondroplasia - diagnosis Achondroplasia - genetics Adult Anemia Archaeology - methods Bone and Bones - abnormalities Bone Diseases, Developmental - diagnosis Bone Diseases, Developmental - genetics Bone dysplasia Bones Care and treatment Cemeteries Chondrodystrophy Complications and side effects Computed tomography Congenital diseases Cultural heritage Deformation Dentistry Developmental biology Diagnosis Dwarfism Dwarfism - diagnosis Dwarfism - genetics Dysplasia Etiology Female Hemolytic anemia Humans Hypochondroplasia Laboratories Limb Deformities, Congenital - diagnosis Limb Deformities, Congenital - genetics Lordosis - diagnosis Lordosis - genetics Lysosomal Storage Diseases - diagnosis Lysosomal Storage Diseases - genetics Middle Aged Musculoskeletal Abnormalities Osteochondrodysplasias - diagnosis Osteochondrodysplasias - genetics Paleontology - methods Paleopathology Paleopathology - methods Radiometric Dating Republic of Korea Risk factors Skeleton Thalassemia Thalassemia - diagnosis Thalassemia - genetics Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tuberculosis Republic of Korea South Korea
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