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A condition caused by one or more episodes of DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS, usually the blood clots are lodged in the legs. Clinical features include EDEMA; PAIN; aching; heaviness; and MUSCLE CRAMP in the leg. When severe leg swelling leads to skin breakdown, it is called venous STASIS ULCER.
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- Venous Stasis Syndrome
- Syndrome, Postthrombotic
- Syndrome, Venous Stasis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2008
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- Thrombosis (1963-1998)
- Venous Thrombosis (1999-2007)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Postthrombotic Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054070. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054070
- Postthrombotic Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-thrombotic_syndrome
- Postthrombotic Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382091