Management of stroke as described by Ibn Sina (Avicenna) in the Canon of Medicine

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 233-237

  Zargaran, Arman ^a,b   Zarshenas, Mohammad M ^b,c   Karimi, Aliasghar ^a   Yarmohammadi, Hassan ^a,c   Borhani Haghighi, Afshin ^a,c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Avicenna; Cardiology; History of medicine; Ibn Sina; Medieval period; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ARTEMISIA HERBA ALBA; ASPHYXIA; BEET; BLACK PEPPER; CARDAMOM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CITRON; CLOVE; COMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DILL; FERULA PERSICA; GINGER; HELLEBORUS NIGER; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HYSSOPUS OFFICINALIS; INJURY; LORANTHUS EUROPAEUS; MARJORAM; MATRICARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA PULEGIUM; MIDDLE AGES; NUTMEG; PHLEBOTOMY; PIPER LONGUM; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PRANGOS FERULACEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHUS CORIARIA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SWALLOWING; SYRINGA PERSICA; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

AVICENNA; CARDIOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; IBN SINA; MEDIEVAL PERIOD; STROKE;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, ARABIC; REFERENCE BOOKS, MEDICAL; STROKE;

EID: 84887414793     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.08.115     Document Type: Review

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