PalaeopathologyPalaeopathology is designed to help bone specialists with diagnosis of diseases in skeletal assemblages. It suggests an innovative method of arriving at a diagnosis in the skeleton by applying what are referred to as 'operational definitions'. The aim is to ensure that all those who study bones will use the same criteria for diagnosing disease, which will enable valid comparisons to be made between studies. This book is based on modern clinical knowledge and provides background information so that those who read it will understand the natural history of bone diseases, and this will enable them to draw reliable conclusions from their observations. Details of bone metabolism and the fundamentals of basic pathology are also provided, as well as a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography. A short chapter on epidemiology provides information on how best to analyze and present the results of a study of human remains. |
Contents
Bone Metabolism and Pathology | |
Remodelling | |
Diseases of Joints Part 1 | |
Diseases of Joints Part 2 | |
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aetiology American Journal aneurysm ankylosing ankylosing spondylitis artery arthropathy Bone and Joint bone tumours cancer caries cartilage cause cells cervical changes common condition cortical cysts cytokines deformity dental develop diagnosis distal dwarfism dysplasia Epidemiology erosive factors femoral head femur fractures genetic growth Heterotopic ossification hormone human humerus hyperostosis Hyperostosis frontalis interna idiopathic increased infection International Journal joint disease Journal of Bone Journal of Osteoarchaeology Journal of Physical leprosy lesions long bones lumbar lytic malignant Medical Medicine mummy normal occur Operational definition Orthopaedics ossification osteoarthritis osteoblast osteomyelitis osteophyte osteoporosis osteosarcoma Paget's disease palaeopathologist pathological patients periosteal periosteal new bone periosteum Physical Anthropology population present prevalence radiographic Radiology recognised remodelling result Rheumatic rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatology ribs rickets sclerotic scoliosis scurvy skeletal assemblages skeleton skull soft tissues spinal spine spondylolysis surface syndrome syphilis Table teeth thoracic tibia trabecular trauma tuberculosis vertebrae vertebral bodies X-ray