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Endocrine Abstracts (2018) 58 KNS1 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.58.KNS1

BSPED2018 Main Symposia Endocrine Track One: Keynote Speaker (1 abstracts)

Palaeopathology: diseases and excavations

Tony Waldron


University College London, London, UK.


Palaeopathology is the study of disease in human remains, most often, skeletal remains. The discipline serves a number of functions, from noting the first appearance of a particular disease, to studying trends in the prevalence of disease over time and space. Joint disease and dental disease are by far the most common disorders found in the skeleton, but examples of infectious disease, malignant disease, and cardio-vascular disease may also be found, and so are many examples of trauma, both accidental and deliberate. Although children always form a large proportion of a skeletal assemblage, it is seldom that any lesions are found in their skeletons.

Volume 58

46th Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Birmingham, UK
07 Nov 2018 - 09 Nov 2018

British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes 

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