Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Document Type : Obituary

Author

Health policy Research Center, Institute of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

10.30476/ijms.2025.51091

Abstract

The passing of Professor Seyed Alireza Taghavi marks the loss of one of Iran’s most distinguished clinicians and researchers in gastroenterology and hepatology.

Highlights

Kamran Bagheri Lankarani (Google Scholar)

Keywords

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