Nasal leech infestation: Report of seven leeches and literature review

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 267, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1225-1229

  Chen, Wei Chih ^a   Chien, Chih Yen ^a   Yang, Chao Hui ^a   Li, Jung Hui ^b   Hwang, Chung Feng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epistaxis; Leeches; Nose; Parasitic diseases; River

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFESTATION; LEECH; LEECH INFESTATION; MALE; MIGRATION; MOUTH CAVITY; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NOSE POLYP; OROPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINOSINUSITIS; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; STREAM (RIVER);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEECHES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NOSE DISEASES; RIVERS; TAIWAN; TURBINATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954536982     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-009-1188-0     Document Type: Article

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