Efficacy of Safoof E – Afsanteen in Amoebic Colitis
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Nusrat parveen, Prof. A.B. Khan, Dr. S. Aleem Department of Moalijat AKIC, AMU, ALIGARH Received: 2.3.2002 Accepted: 9.7.2002 INTRODUCTIOIN Amoebic colitis is an inflammatory condition of the colon caused by Entamoeba histolytica. The evidence of the disease is available since the earliest time. Renowned physicians Hippocrates, Gallen, Tabri, Razi, Ibnesina upto Kabiruddin have described it under “Zaheer-e-Amoebai” while Chinese & Hebrew writings have pointed out manifestations of diarrhea & dysentery in it.
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دوره 22 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2002