Peripheral nerve disorders and treatment strategies according to Avicenna in his medical treatise, Canon of medicine

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 172-177

  Aciduman, Ahmet ^a,c   Er, Uygur ^b   Belen, Deniz ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Avicenna; Canon; History of medicine; Peripheral nerve; Surgery

Indexed keywords

HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SUTURING METHOD; ART; ARTICLE; BOOK; HISTORY; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION;

HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICINE, ARABIC; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 62449171268     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000335779.27115.D3     Document Type: Review

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