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Título :	Reflexiones sobre una pequeña figurilla Olmeca de jade. / A small jade figure from the Olmecan culture
Creador:	MARCELA BEATRIZ VELA AMIEVA
Nivel de acceso:	Acceso Abierto
Palabras clave :	MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD Hipotiroidismo congénito - Historia Historia antigua Indios de Norte América - Historia Medicina en el arte Congenital Hypothyroidism - Hhistory History, ancient Indians, North American - History Medicine in art Sculpture - History Arte Olmeca Hipotiroidismo congénito Retraso mental Tamiz neonatal Olmec art Congenital hypothyroidism Mental retardation Neonatal screening
Descripción :	In this paper some reflections motivated by a prehispanic Olmec stone sculpture that was found in the Mexican state of Veracruz by 1940, are presented. This small figure of the prehispanic art, could be the representation, this is "a portrait", of a person with similar features to those present in patients with congenital hypothyroidism. This features include short stature, coarse face, eyelid edema and expression of the mental retardation, so this would be one more example of the acute clinical observation of ancient Mexicans and maybe a testimony of a continuous prevalence from remote times until nowadays of a defect that put a lot of human beings in great disadvantage, disability that has almost disappear thanks to neonatal screening
Editorial :	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
Fecha de publicación :	2003
Tipo de publicación:	Artículo
Formato:	Adobe PDF
Fuente:	Rev Invest Clin 55(1):87-89
URI :	http://repositorio.pediatria.gob.mx:8180/handle/20.500.12103/3109
Aparece en las colecciones:	Artículos Investigadores

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