Born to suck - The return of the leech?

Pain

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-236

  Ernst, E ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIRUDIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; EDITORIAL; FULMINATING PURPURA; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEECH; LEECHING; LEG VARICOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARONYCHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SUCKING; SURGEON; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENOUS CONGESTION;

ANIMALS; BLOODLETTING; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LEECHES; LEECHING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PLACEBO EFFECT;

EID: 45549089000     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.02.016     Document Type: Editorial

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