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Diagonal Earlobe Creases, Type A Behavior and the Death of Emperor Hadrian
Nicholas L Petrakis1
Nicholas L Petrakis,MD
1Department of Epidemiology and International Health, University of California, San Francisco.
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1Department of Epidemiology and International Health, University of California, San Francisco.
PMCID: PMC1271965 PMID:6990626
Abstract
Classical writings suggest that the Roman emperor Hadrian died from congestive heart failure resulting from hypertension and coronary atherosclerosis. This diagnosis is supported by the identification of bilateral diagonal ear creases on sculptures of several busts of Hadrian as well as literary evidence of behavior pattern A.
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