Facial palsy and its management in the Kitab al-Hawi of Rhazes

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1188-1190

  Shoja, Mohammadali M ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Loukas, Marios ^c   Shokouhi, Ghaffar ^d   Ardalan, Mohammad R ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

History; Neurology; Persia

Indexed keywords

FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; IRAN; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

BOOKS; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; IRAN; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICINE, ARABIC;

EID: 68049103145     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000345639.46737.67     Document Type: Short Survey

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