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Extreme venous letting and cupping resulting in life-threatening anemia and acute myocardial infarction: A case report

BACKGROUND: Wet cupping (WC) is a traditional therapy of skin suction-assisted bloodletting that is widely used in modern alternative medicine in Asia and the Middle East. Herein, we report the case of a male who presented with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and life-threatening anemia a...

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Autores principales: Jang, Albert Youngwoo, Suh, Soon Yong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7760420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33392327
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v8.i24.6432