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Atherosclerosis in the Renaissance elite: Ferdinand I King of Naples (1431–1494)

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This work was supported by a grant from the ARPA Foundation (www.fondazionearpa.it).

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  1. Division of Paleopathology, Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Via Roma 57, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    Raffaele Gaeta, Valentina Giuffra & Gino Fornaciari

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Gaeta, R., Giuffra, V. & Fornaciari, G. Atherosclerosis in the Renaissance elite: Ferdinand I King of Naples (1431–1494). Virchows Arch 462, 593–595 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-013-1400-x

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