Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to E A Marino.
The articular surfaces and vertebral foramen of the first cervical vertebra can be used to estimate race from complete and fragmentary specimens. Eight measurements taken from 200 vertebrae from the Terry and Hamann-Todd collections (Smithsonian Institution and Cleveland Museum of Natural History, respectively) were used to construct 13 discriminant functions that predict race with 76-60% accuracy.
The articular surfaces and vertebral foramen area of the first cervical vertebra are sexually dimorphic and can be used to sex complete or fragmentary specimens. Eight measurements were taken from the articular regions (superior and inferior) of 100 first cervical vertebrae from Terry collection specimens housed at the Smithsonian Institution. Seven regression and seven discriminant function equations were created that predict sex with 77-85% and 75-85% accuracy, respectively. In separate control tests, measurements from 100 first cervical vertebrae from Hamann-Todd collection individuals (Cleveland Museum of Natural History) and from 34 archaeological specimens were used with the Terry equations. The control samples were sexed with 60-85% accuracy.
The authors report the case of a three year old patient who presented with coeliac disease simulating an Hirschsprung's (constipation and megacolon). She underwent surgery many times and this was due to an initial diagnosis of aganglionic megacolon. Moreover the relationship between constipation and megacolon is discussed and some pathogenetic interpretations of megacolon, a common observation in patient with coeliac disease, are presented.