Diseases

Intermittent Claudication

A symptom complex characterized by pain and weakness in SKELETAL MUSCLE group associated with exercise, such as leg pain and weakness brought on by walking. Such muscle limpness disappears after a brief rest and is often relates to arterial STENOSIS; muscle ISCHEMIA; and accumulation of LACTATE.

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Abstract

A symptom complex characterized by pain and weakness in SKELETAL MUSCLE group associated with exercise, such as leg pain and weakness brought on by walking. Such muscle limpness disappears after a brief rest and is often relates to arterial STENOSIS; muscle ISCHEMIA; and accumulation of LACTATE.

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  • Claudication, Intermittent

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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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  1. C14w.907w.617.671w.750w
  2. C23.888w.531w

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WG 550

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intermittent Claudication. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007383. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007383
  2. Intermittent Claudication. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_claudication
  3. Intermittent Claudication. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1097957