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J Nephropathol. 2016;5(1): 44-50. doi: 10.15171/jnp.2016.08
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Original Article

An ethno-medicinal study of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes

Babak Baharvand-Ahmadi 1, Mahmoud Bahmani 2, Pegah Tajeddini 3, Nasrollah Naghdi 4, Mahmoud Rafieian-Kopaei 3 *

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