The kidneys in the bible: What happened?

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3464-3471

  Eknoyan, Garabed ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; RITUAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HISTORY; PUBLICATION; RELIGION; SYMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIBLE; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; KIDNEY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 33645941561     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2005091007     Document Type: Review

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