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Ancient Alexandria and the dawn of medical science
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Metadata
- Authors
- Serageldin, I.
- Affiliations
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina (EG)
- Corresponding author
- Serageldin, Ismail
- ORCID
- Serageldin, Ismail
- Venue
- Global Cardiology Science and Practice
- Published
- 2013-09
- Volume
- 2013
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 47
- ISSN
- 2305-7823 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3991212
- OpenAlex
- W2114388162
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 28.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Global Cardiology Science and Practice (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › History of Medicine Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › History of Science and Medicine
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Medical History and Innovations
- Keywords
- ancient Alexandria, history of medicine, ancient Greek medicine, Hellenistic medicine
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