Rectal bleeding due to leech bite in a young child [7]

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 255-256

  Ho, Vincent ^a   Boyd, Peter ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEECH; LETTER; MALE; MICROSCOPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SWIMMING; TACHYCARDIA;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LEECHES; MALE; RECTUM; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 39049172138     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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