A rare case report of tracheal leech infestation in a 40-year-old woman

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3599-3601

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Zou, Jian ^a   Zhu, Tao ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Foreign bodies; Leeches; Trachea

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY SENSATION; GLOTTIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INFECTION; SENSATION; STRIDOR; THROAT; TRACHEAL LEECH INFESTATION; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84910078990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19405901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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