Medical diagnostic methods applied to a medieval female with vitamin D deficiency from the north of Spain.
International Journal of Paleopathology(2018)
Abstract
•It is possible to recognize states of vitamin D deficiency in bone remains.•Mixtures of pathological features are common in vitamin D deficiency cases.•A diagnosis can be achieved by assessing the timeframe of appearance of nutritional stress indicators.•Combination of different methods improves the detection of episodes of deficiency.
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Key words
Palaeopathology,Metabolic bone disease,Radiograph,Bone mineral density,Histological study
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