Ancient bone disease in a Peruvian mummy
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Robert S. Weinstein; David J. Simmons; C. Owen Lovejoy
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Article
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1981
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Histomorphometry of an undecalcified, transileal bone core from a Peruvian mummy dating from the pre‐Columbian civilization at Chancay, Peru (A.D. 400–1600) showed low trabecular bone volume and trabecular atrophy suggesting skeletal pathology. Subtle metabolic disorders which might rem