Allergy 'sucks': Leeches may also be harmful

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-125

  Kukova, Gabriela ^a   Gerber, Peter A ^a   Antal, Attila S ^a   Homey, Bernhard ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative medical procedures; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Leech

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; LEECH; LEECHING; PRURITUS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEECHES; LEECHING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 76149106466     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01654.x     Document Type: Article

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