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Rashid A. Massumi

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Iranian-born American physician.

Biography of Rashid A. Massumi

Rashid A Massumi, M.D., is practising cardiology and internal medicine in Beverly Hills, California. He has been in the profession for 57 years (spring 2006).

Bibliography

  • Rashid A Massumi, Jorge C. Rios, Alden S. Gooch, Donald Nutter, Vincent T.de Vita, and Donald W. Datlow:
    Primary Myocardial Disease: Report of Fifty Cases and Review of the Subject.
    Circulation, 1965, 31: 19-41.
  • Rashid A Massumi, Ezra A. Amsterdam, and Dean T. Mason:
    Phenomenon of Supernormality in the Human Heart.
    Circulation, 1972, 46: 264-275.

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