Diabetes and related remedies in medieval Persian medicine

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 142-149

  Zarshenas, Mohammad M ^a,b,c   Khademian, Sedigheh ^d   Moein, Mahmoodreza ^d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes; herbal medicine; medieval persia; traditional medicine; Ziabites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995478811     PISSN: 22308210     EISSN: 22309500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.129103     Document Type: Review

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