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Keratitis following leech therapy for periocular eczematous dermatitis: a case report

BACKGROUND: The medicinal leech therapy (MLT) is a kind of complementary treatment method used for various diseases. The leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) have been used for more than 2500 years by surgeons. The substances presenting in the saliva of leeches have anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, platele...

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Autor principal: Özkaya, Dilek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9806876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36588163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12906-022-03613-1

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