Prolonged venous bleeding due to traditional treatment with leech bite: a case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>The medicinal leech, <it>Hirudo medicinalis</it>, 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.<...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/172 |