doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.02.128.
Epub 2017 Feb 27.
Palaeopathology of the earlobe crease (Frank's sign): New insights from Renaissance art
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Palaeopathology of the earlobe crease (Frank's sign): New insights from Renaissance art
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Corrigendum to "Palaeopathology of the earlobe crease (Frank's sign): New insights from Renaissance art" [International journal of Cardiology 236 (2017) 82-84].Int J Cardiol. 2023 Aug 1;384:117. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.03.052. Epub 2023 May 11. Int J Cardiol. 2023. PMID: 37173203 No abstract available.
Abstract
Several studies have associated the earlobe crease sign, discovered by Sanders T. Frank in 1973, with cardiovascular pathology, yet very few studies have focused on the antiquity of this trait, with the most ancient one thought to date back to the Roman Emperor Hadrian (76-138CE). This article presents two more cases from the Italian Renaissance in the works of the artist Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506) and examines them in a multidisciplinary fashion.
Keywords: Cardiovascular pathology; Earlobe crease; Frank's sign; Mantegna; Palaeopathology; Prevention; Renaissance.
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