Ibn al-Nafis (1210-1288): The first description of the pulmonary circulation

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 440-442

  Loukas, Marios ^a   Lam, Ryan ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Shoja, Mohammad Ali M ^c   Apaydin, Nihal ^d  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Institute of Tuberculosis   (Iran)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LUNG CIRCULATION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VEIN; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; VENOUS CIRCULATION; ART; ARTICLE; ASIA; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIA; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; PULMONARY CIRCULATION;

EID: 44649156387     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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