The return of the leech

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-105

  Abdelgabar, A M ^a   Bhowmick, B K ^b  

^a DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORHEXIDINE; HEPARIN; HIRUDIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ABSCESS; ANTICOAGULATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELLULITIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; LEECH; MICROSURGERY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SKIN GRAFT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; FORECASTING; HIRUDIN THERAPY; HUMANS; LEECHES; LEECHING; SALVAGE THERAPY; SEPSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0037346377     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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