Hoarseness due to leech ingestion

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-146

  Al Hadrani, A ^a   Debry, C ^b   Faucon, F ^c   Fingerhut, A ^d  

^a Yemen Specialized Hospital   (Yemen)

^b HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER RENÉ DUBOS   (France)

^d Leon Touhadjian Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Dysphonia; Foreign bodies

Indexed keywords

BECLOMETASONE; PREDNISOLONE 3 SULFOBENZOATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; FOREIGN BODY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; INGESTION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LEECH; MALE; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITISM;

EID: 0034085562     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215001904914     Document Type: Article

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