Medicinal leech therapy on head and neck patients: A review of literature and proposed protocol

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Elyassi, Ali R ^a   Terres, Jayson ^b   Rowshan, Henry H ^c  

^a CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Tyler Oral and Facial Surgery   (United States)

^c Oral Surgeon   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; LEECHING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NECK INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HIRUDIN THERAPY; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LEECHING; MALE; NECK INJURIES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 84882259827     PISSN: 22124403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2011.12.020     Document Type: Review

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