Articles: PubMed: Development and validation of a stability-indicating method for determination of free sterols in the Asian medicinal leech Hirudo manillensis. PubMed: [Determination of biological activity of extract from hirudo by N-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester]. PubMed: Phylogenetic conservation of the cell-type-specific Lan3-2 glycoepitope in Caenorhabditis elegans. PubMed: [Medicinal leeches]. PubMed: Exploring the "intensity fading" phenomenon in the study of noncovalent interactions by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. PubMed: Detection of noncovalent complexes in biological samples by intensity fading and high-mass detection MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. PubMed: Functional screening of serine protease inhibitors in the medical leech Hirudo medicinalis monitored by intensity fading MALDI-TOF MS. PubMed: The neurite-stimulating influence of components of medicinal leech salivary gland secretions in organotypic culture of spinal ganglia. PubMed: [Contact dermatitis with Hirudo medicinalis]. PubMed: Hirudin as alternative anticoagulant--a historical review. PubMed: Efficacy and safety of topical hirudin (Hirudex): a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. PubMed: Evidence for an endocannabinoid system in the central nervous system of the leech Hirudo medicinalis. PubMed: [Antithrombotic effect of piavit--a substance from the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis), containing prostanoid and destabilase fractions]. PubMed: Arterial antithrombotic effect of piyavit, the novel pharmacological preparation from the medicinal leech, and of its components, prostanoids and enzyme destabilase. PubMed: Defined neuronal arborizations by guided outgrowth of leech neurons in culture. PubMed: Identification of a 70 kD protein with sequence homology to squid neurofilament protein in glial cells of the leech CNS. PubMed: Protease inhibitors in the alimentary tract of the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis: in vivo and in vitro studies. PubMed: Interaction of hementin with fibrinogen and fibrin. PubMed: [The medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis: clinical use of the animal and therapeutic prospects of hirudin]. PubMed: Effect of extract of Hirudo Medicinalis L. against adherence of calcium oxalate crystals to acid-injured bladder mucosa. PubMed: Rapid purification and revised amino-terminal sequence of hirudin: a specific thrombin inhibitor of the bloodsucking leech.