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European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO13-IOF): Plenary Lecture Abstracts

European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO13-IOF): Plenary Lecture Abstracts Osteoporos Int (2013) 24 (Suppl 1):S27–S31 DOI 10.1007/s00198-013-2308-7 European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO13-IOF): Plenary Lecture Abstracts # International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation 2013 SERVIER HONORARY LECTURE PL1 PICTURING BONE DEFORMITIES IN ANTIQUITY EPIGENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS Véronique DASEN OF OSTEOPOROSIS 1 1 Séminaire d'archéologie classique, University of Fribourg, Cyrus COOPER Fribourg, Switzerland MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of South- ampton and Institute of Musculoskeletal Science, University Dwarfism is one of the most spectacular bone disorders. of Oxford, Oxford, UK It is also the most commonly and carefully depicted condition by ancient artists. This lecture compares the Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease characterised by low bone iconography of dwarfism in three major ancient civili- mass and susceptibility to fracture. Preventive strategies zations, pharaonic Egypt, Greece and Rome (ca against osteoporotic fracture can be targeted throughout 3000 BC-ca 300 AD), where ideal physical proportions the life course. Although there is evidence to suggest that were synonymous with beauty. What place did these peak bone mass is inherited, current genetic markers are able cultures reserve to persons who did not correspond to to explain only a small proportion of the variation in indi- an ideal canon? Were dwarfs http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Osteoporosis International Springer Journals

European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO13-IOF): Plenary Lecture Abstracts

Osteoporosis International , Volume 24 (1) – Mar 23, 2013
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Copyright © 2013 by International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation
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Medicine & Public Health; Orthopedics; Gynecology; Endocrinology; Rheumatology
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0937-941X
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1433-2965
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10.1007/s00198-013-2308-7
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Osteoporos Int (2013) 24 (Suppl 1):S27–S31 DOI 10.1007/s00198-013-2308-7 European Congress on Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO13-IOF): Plenary Lecture Abstracts # International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation 2013 SERVIER HONORARY LECTURE PL1 PICTURING BONE DEFORMITIES IN ANTIQUITY EPIGENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS Véronique DASEN OF OSTEOPOROSIS 1 1 Séminaire d'archéologie classique, University of Fribourg, Cyrus COOPER Fribourg, Switzerland MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of South- ampton and Institute of Musculoskeletal Science, University Dwarfism is one of the most spectacular bone disorders. of Oxford, Oxford, UK It is also the most commonly and carefully depicted condition by ancient artists. This lecture compares the Osteoporosis is a skeletal disease characterised by low bone iconography of dwarfism in three major ancient civili- mass and susceptibility to fracture. Preventive strategies zations, pharaonic Egypt, Greece and Rome (ca against osteoporotic fracture can be targeted throughout 3000 BC-ca 300 AD), where ideal physical proportions the life course. Although there is evidence to suggest that were synonymous with beauty. What place did these peak bone mass is inherited, current genetic markers are able cultures reserve to persons who did not correspond to to explain only a small proportion of the variation in indi- an ideal canon? Were dwarfs

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