Clinical anatomy as practiced by ancient Egyptians

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 409-415

  Loukas, Marios ^a   Hanna, Michael ^a   Alsaiegh, Nada ^a   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^b   Tubbs, R Shane ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; ancient Egypt; medical papyri

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANTIQUITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ANATOMY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; EGYPT; EMBALMER; GENITAL SYSTEM; HEAD INJURY; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATION; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ANATOMY; EGYPT; EMBALMING; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; MALE; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79955374467     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21155     Document Type: Article

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