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Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
International Child Health
Volume 10, 1990 - Issue 1
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Haematemesis due to leech infestation

Mohamed El-Hag El-AwadDepartment of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Abha, Saudi Arabia
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K. PatilDepartment of Paediatric Surgery, Assir Central Hospital, Abha, Saudi Arabia
Pages 61-62 | Received 01 Jun 1989, Published online: 13 Jul 2016

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Tim O’Dempsey. (2012) Leeches — the good, the bad and the wiggly. Paediatrics and International Child Health 32:sup2, pages 16-20.
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Kriti Bhujel, Shweta Singh, Amber Kumar, Hari Shankar Sharma, Deepshikha Mishra & Sylveena Moshahary. (2022) Nasal leeches and epistaxis: A case series. Tropical Doctor 53:1, pages 151-153.
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Hamid Reihani, Ali Ghanei-Shahmirzadi, Sara Salehi, Narges Ansari-Charsoughi, Fereshteh Karbasian & Mohammad-Hadi Imanieh. (2022) Manifestation of leech infestation as severe gastrointestinal bleeding in a 3-year-old boy: a case report and review of the literature. BMC Pediatrics 22:1.
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Moufida Mahmoudi, Sahar Nasr, Amal Khsiba, Mouna Medhioub, Lamine Hamzaoui & Mohamed Mssadek Azzouz. (2022) Esophageal hirudiniasis: an unusual cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Future Science OA 8:6.
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Qian Cai, Qiujian Chen, Ping Han, Faya Liang & Peiliang Lin. (2015) Negative suction approach to remove living leeches from the nasal cavity. American Journal of Otolaryngology 36:5, pages 657-659.
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Mahmoud Bahmani, Seyed Ahmad Karamati, Ebrahimkhalil Banihabib & Kourosh Saki. (2014) Comparison of effect of nicotine and levamisole and ivermectin on mortality of leech. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease 4, pages S477-S480.
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Mahmoud Bahmani, Javad Abbasi, Ava Mohsenzadegan, Sirous Sadeghian & Majid Gholami Ahangaran. (2011) Allium sativum L.: the anti-immature leech (Limnatis nilotica) activity compared to Niclosomide. Comparative Clinical Pathology 22:2, pages 165-168.
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Zohre Eftekhari, Mahmoud Bahmani, Ava Mohsenzadeghan, Majid Gholami Ahangaran, Javad Abbasi & Nafise Alighazi. (2011) Evaluating the anti-leech (Limnatis nilotica) activity of methanolic extract of Allium sativum L. compared with levamisole and metronidazole. Comparative Clinical Pathology 21:6, pages 1219-1222.
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Mahmoud Bahmani, Zohre Eftekhari, Ava Mohsezadeghan, Freidon Ghotbian & Nafise Alighazi. (2011) Leech (Limnatis nilotica) causing respiratory distress in a pregnant cow in Ilam province in Iran. Comparative Clinical Pathology 21:4, pages 501-503.
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Mahmoud Bahmani, Tahereh Farkhondeh & Parisa Sadighara. (2012) The anti-parasitic effects of Nicotina tabacum on leeches. Comparative Clinical Pathology 21:3, pages 357-359.
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Wei-Chih Chen, Chih-Yen Chien, Chao-Hui Yang, Jung-Hui Li & Chung-Feng Hwang. (2009) Nasal leech infestation: report of seven leeches and literature review. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 267:8, pages 1225-1229.
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Prakash Adhikari. (2009) Nasal leech infestation in children: Comparison of two different innovative techniques. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 73:6, pages 853-855.
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Jorg Heukelbach & Ulrich R. Hengge. (2009) Bed bugs, leeches and hookworm larvae in the skin. Clinics in Dermatology 27:3, pages 285-290.
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Kemal Uygur, Hasan Yasan, Lutfi Yavuz & Harun Dogru. (2003) Removal of a laryngeal leech: a safe and effective method. American Journal of Otolaryngology 24:5, pages 338-340.
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Cem Bilgen, Bülent Karci & Ümit Uluöz. (2002) A nasopharyngeal mass: leech in the nasopharynx. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 64:1, pages 73-76.
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