A leech in the large bowel

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-

  Basu, Sriparna ^a,b   Chandra, Pranab Kumar ^a   Basu, Somprakas ^a  

^a NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE DISEASE; LEECH; PARASITISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 10744220130     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.97.2.83     Document Type: Article

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