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Prolonged venous bleeding due to traditional treatment with leech bite: a case report

INTRODUCTION: The medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, has been used in the treatment of many diseases for thousands of years. In Turkey, it is used most commonly in the management of venous diseases of lower extremities. CASE PRESENTATION: A 25-year-old Turkish woman presented to our emergency room...

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Autores principales: Kaya, Bulent, Bat, Orhan, Bulut, Nuriye Esen, Altun, Hasan, Memisoglu, Kemal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21548915
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-172