Atheroprotector role of the spleen based on the teaching of Avicenna (Ibn Sina)

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-28

  Emtiazy, Majid ^a   Choopani, Rasool ^b   Khodadoost, Mahmood ^c   Tansaz, Mojgan ^d   Nazem, Esmaiel ^d  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Atheroprotector; Avicenna; Black bile; Humor; Ibn Sina; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BILE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPLEEN FUNCTION; SPLENECTOMY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, ARABIC; SPLEEN; TEACHING;

EID: 84878538617     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.06.020     Document Type: Review

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