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Obesity-Related Female Infertility in Medieval Persian Manuscripts

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully thank Professor Ashok Agarwal (Center for Reproductive Medicine, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA) and Professor Hassan N. Sallam (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt) for their valuable comments on the manuscript.

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Feridoon Abbasnejad, Samad EJ Golzari, Kamyar Ghabili, Saeid Aslanabadi, Reza Rikhtegar, and Younes Ranjbar declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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  1. Medical Philosophy and History Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Feridoon Abbasnejad & Younes Ranjbar

  2. Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Samad E. J. Golzari

  3. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Kamyar Ghabili

  4. Pediatric Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Saeid Aslanabadi

  5. Neuroscience Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Reza Rikhtegar

  6. Students’ Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Samad E. J. Golzari

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Abbasnejad, F., Golzari, S.E.J., Ghabili, K. et al. Obesity-Related Female Infertility in Medieval Persian Manuscripts. OBES SURG 23, 574–576 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-013-0867-5

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Keywords

  • Obesity
  • Female Infertility
  • Magnum Opus
  • Persian Language
  • Esmail