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ArticleJournal of endocrinological investigation2020

Will the shepherd be able to play the alpine horn with that huge goiter (XVI century)?

R Dionigi, D Zhang, G Dionigi

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Article in Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
20.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

R DionigiUniversity of Insubria, Varese, Italy. renzodionigi@hotmail.com.
D ZhangDepartment of Thyroid Surgery, Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Surgical Translational Medicine, Jilin Provincial Precision Medicine Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Translational Medicine on Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, 126 Xiantai Blvd, Changchun City, Jilin Province, People's Republic of China.
G DionigiDivision for Endocrine and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, Via C. Valeria 1, 98125, Messina, Italy.
Jilin University · CNUniversity of Insubria · ITUniversity of Messina · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThere are many of the representations in iconography of individuals with goiters reported in the literature.

methodsThe article describe a unique representation of goiter, as observed by the authors in a sculpture in Italy.

resultsIn a Nativity, in the upper part of the altar of the Church of the Annunciata, Boccioleto (Val Sermenza, Piedmont, Italy), a horn player with a huge goiter, gladdens the Holy Family. Wooden work by Francesco Antonio d'Alberto, 1694.

conclusionThis is an appropriate example of the iconography of "real goiter," since in this case the sculptor had the aim of showing person with goiter.

Indexed as

GoiterHistory, 16th CenturyHumansItalyMedicine in the ArtsMusicSculptureEndemicGoiterIconographySurgery

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PMID31907822
OpenAlexW2998707513

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