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Leech in the Rectum Causing Lower GI Bleeding in a Four Years Old Child: A Case Report

BACKGROUND: Leeches belong to a group of annelids of the class Hirudinea which are blood feeding ecto-parasites of humans, wild animals and domesticated animals. A leech can suck out as much blood as ten times its own weight. Leech can occur at different sites in humans commonly in the eyes, nasopha...

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Autores principales: Tilahun, Tsion, Babu, Hawi, Berhane, Melkamu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8047237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33883854
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v30i6.27