Was Akhenaten really sick? - 16/07/13
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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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Les représentations d’Akhénaton ont depuis longtemps intéressé la médecine et surtout l’endocrinologie en raison de la morphologie gynoïde ou eunuchoïde de ce pharaon. Nous rappelons les diverses hypothèses diagnostiques envisagées successivement avec les progrès de l’endocrinologie en insistant sur les trois maladies plus récemment identifiées (gynécomastie familiale, maladie de Kennedy, syndrome des eunuques fertiles) compatibles avec la fertilité maintenant prouvée d’Akhénaton.
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Vol 74 - N° 3
P. 231-233 - luglio 2013 Ritorno al numero
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