Book contents
- Palaeopathology
- Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
- Palaeopathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part I Introduction and Concepts
- Part II Pathology
- 5 Joint Diseases 1
- 6 Joint Diseases 2
- 7 Spinal Pathology
- 8 Infectious Diseases
- 9 Metabolic Diseases
- 10 Trauma
- 11 Neoplastic Diseases
- 12 Disorders of Growth and Development
- 13 Special Pathology
- 14 Dental Disease
- Part III Analysis
- Index
12 - Disorders of Growth and Development
from Part II - Pathology
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2020
- Palaeopathology
- Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
- Palaeopathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part I Introduction and Concepts
- Part II Pathology
- 5 Joint Diseases 1
- 6 Joint Diseases 2
- 7 Spinal Pathology
- 8 Infectious Diseases
- 9 Metabolic Diseases
- 10 Trauma
- 11 Neoplastic Diseases
- 12 Disorders of Growth and Development
- 13 Special Pathology
- 14 Dental Disease
- Part III Analysis
- Index
Summary
Normal and abnormal growth is the subject matter of this chapter, which deals with dwarfism, gigantism, disorders of skull growth and various conditions in which a part of the whole of a limb may not develop.
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- Palaeopathology , pp. 262 - 291Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020