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Validation of Medicinal Leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) as a Non-invasive Blood Sampling Tool for Hematology and Biochemistry Profiling in Mammals

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Blood sampling is a challenging procedure in many captive animals. Although manual restraint or anesthesia are usually possible, they entail intense stress and a high risk of injuries or organ failure.
Pavel Kvapil, Pavel Kvapil, Oldřich Tomášek, Oldřich Tomášek, Eva Bártová, Mojca Harej, Marjan Kastelic, Tit Primožič, Nikola Kašpárková, Jožko Račnik   +9 more
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Medical leech therapy in Ayurveda and biomedicine – A review

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, 2020
Medicinal leech therapy or Hirudino therapy have roots back in ancient civilization. It was a prevalent form of therapy in various ailments. The novel Ayurveda text Sushruta Samhita devoted a complete chapter on hirudino therapy.
Sarvesh Kumar Singh, Kshipra Rajoria
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Innate and procured immunity inside the digestive tract of the medicinal leech [PDF]

Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2011
Especially when combined with unique biological adaptations, invertebrate animals provide important insights into innate immunity because the immune response is not complicated by adaptive immunity that vertebrates evolved.
AC Silver, J Graf
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of Hirudo verbana, a once neglected freshwater haematophagous European medicinal leech [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Open Research Europe
Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820, commonly known as the southern medicinal leech, is one of several European medicinal leeches, whose full diversity has just recently started to be uncovered.
Jonathan M.D. Wood, Shane McCarthy, Fergal Martin, Leanne Haggerty, Rebekah A. Oomen, Anna Lazar, Thomas Marcussen, Torsten H. Struck, Astrid Böhne, Chiara Bortoluzzi, Alejandro Manzano-Marín, Caroline Howard, Rita Monteiro, Mark Blaxter, Kerstin Howe   +14 more
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European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP‐NENs) are extremely rare and clinically heterogeneous. Management has largely been extrapolated from adult practice. This European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline (ESCP), developed by the EXPeRT network in collaboration with adult NEN experts, provides (adult) evidence ...
Michaela Kuhlen, Calogero Virgone, Antje Redlich, Michael Abele, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Maja Mazic Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Yves Reguerre, Dominik T. Schneider, Ines B. Brecht, Charlotte Rigaud, Bilgehan Yalcin, Rainer Claus, Christian Vokuhl, Constantin Lapa, Jörg Fuchs, Segolene Hescot, Thomas Walter, Julien Hadoux, Daniel Orbach   +23 more
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The literature review of Leech therapy

Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2010
Objective : To review the trend of the study related to Leech therapy and to establish the hereafter direction for the study on Leech therapy. Methods : I reviewed and analyzed all the theses published in Domestic and Foreign research institution from ...
Jang Hyo-kil
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Poly-paraphyly of Hirudinidae: many lineages of medicinal leeches

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2009
Background Medicinal leeches became infamous for their utility in bloodletting popularized in the 19th century, and have seen a recent resurgence in post-operative treatments for flap and replantation surgeries, and in terms of characterization of ...
Phillips Anna J, Siddall Mark E
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Draft genome sequences of Hirudo medicinalis and salivary transcriptome of three closely related medicinal leeches

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background Salivary cell secretion (SCS) plays a critical role in blood feeding by medicinal leeches, making them of use for certain medical purposes even today.
Vladislav V. Babenko, Oleg V. Podgorny, Valentin A. Manuvera, Artem S. Kasianov, Alexander I. Manolov, Ekaterina N. Grafskaia, Dmitriy A. Shirokov, Alexey S. Kurdyumov, Dmitriy V. Vinogradov, Anastasia S. Nikitina, Sergey I. Kovalchuk, Nickolay A. Anikanov, Ivan O. Butenko, Olga V. Pobeguts, Daria S. Matyushkina, Daria V. Rakitina, Elena S. Kostryukova, Victor G. Zgoda, Isolda P. Baskova, Vladimir M. Trukhan, Mikhail S. Gelfand, Vadim M. Govorun, Helgi B. Schiöth, Vassili N. Lazarev   +23 more
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Are Fertility Preservation Procedures Before Gonadotoxic Therapy and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Feasible and Safe in Very Young Children? A Retrospective Cohort Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Fertility preservation (FP) is increasingly integrated into the care of pediatric patients exposed to gonadotoxic therapy or conditioning for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), yet perioperative data in infants and toddlers remain scarce.
Kerstin Saalabian, Yannick Braun, Till‐Martin Theilen, Anke Barnbrock, Theresa Rohm, Fabienne Hammant, Nicole Sänger, Aynura Abbasova‐Semiz, Jan‐Henning Klusmann, Thomas Klingebiel, Udo Rolle, Peter Bader, Henning C. Fiegel, Andrea Jarisch   +13 more
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Sustained Therapeutic Efficacy of Intravenous Plasminogen Concentrate in Pediatric Patients With Type 1 Plasminogen Deficiency: An Analysis of Dosing Parameters and Clinical Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Type 1 plasminogen deficiency (PLGD‐1) is an ultra‐rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by variants in the PLG gene and affects approximately 1.6 individuals per million. The condition is characterized by decreased plasminogen levels and impaired function, resulting in fibrin‐rich lesions on mucous membranes throughout the body.
Charles Nakar, Karen Thibaudeau, Mary Mathias, Heather McDaniel, Madlen Reschke, Klaus Tenbrock, Joseph M. Parker, Amy Shapiro   +7 more
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