Abstract |
The depictions of Akhenaten have long interested medicine and above all endocrinology because of the eunuch gynoid morphology of this pharaoh. These depictions call to mind various diagnostic hypotheses that have been successively considered as endocrinology progresses, with emphasis on the three diseases recently identified (gynecomastia family, Kennedy's disease, and fertile eunuch syndrome), which are compatible with the now proven fertility of Akhenaten.
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Authors | Jean-Louis Codaccioni, Bernard Conte-Devolx, Bruno Argémi |
Journal | Annales d'endocrinologie
(Ann Endocrinol (Paris))
Vol. 74
Issue 3
Pg. 231-3
(Jul 2013)
ISSN: 2213-3941 [Electronic] France |
PMID | 23810106
(Publication Type: Historical Article, Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Bulbo-Spinal Atrophy, X-Linked
(diagnosis)
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Egypt, Ancient
- Eunuchism
(diagnosis)
- Famous Persons
- Gynecomastia
(diagnosis)
- History, Ancient
- Humans
- Male
- Mummies
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