A review on the Avicenna's contribution to the field of cardiology

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 182, Issue C, 2015, Pages 237-241

  Zarshenas, Mohammad M ^a,b   Zargaran, Arman ^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; Persian medicine

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; HEART DISEASE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IRAN; PUBLIC FIGURE;

CARDIOLOGY; FAMOUS PERSONS; HEART DISEASES; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, ARABIC; PERSIA;

EID: 84947201439     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.12.145     Document Type: Review

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