Razi's Report about Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis (Hay Fever) from the 10th Century AD

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-224

  Bungy, Gholam Ali ^a   Mossawi, Jabbar ^b   Nojoumi, Seyed Ali ^c   Brostoff, Jonathan ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Hay fever; Historical medicine; Pollen; Razi; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; HAY FEVER; HISTORY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUMMER;

EID: 0029898808     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000237290     Document Type: Article

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