Pigment reduction in nevus of Ota following leech therapy
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Pigment reduction in nevus of Ota following leech therapy
Nevus of Ota is a congenital blue-gray color nevus afflicting unilaterally, the area near the eyes. It poses a huge cosmetic concern besides being a potential threat for developing melanoma sometime in the course of the disease. The treatment options are neither many nor promising besides they are too expensive. We have treated a case of nevus of Ota with leech therapy where leech was applied u...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0975-9476
DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.131736