Medicinal leech therapy—an overall perspective
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Medicinal leech therapy—an overall perspective
Complementary medicine methods have a long history, but modern medicine has just recently focused on their possible modes of action. Medicinal leech therapy (MLT) or hirudotherapy, an old technique, has been studied by many researchers for possible effects on various diseases such as inflammatory diseases, osteoarthritis, and after different surgeries. Hirudo medicinalis has widest therapeutic ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Integrative Medicine Research
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2213-4220
DOI: 10.1016/j.imr.2017.08.001