Diseases

Varicose Veins

Enlarged and tortuous VEINS.

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Enlarged and tortuous VEINS.

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5 entry terms
  • Varices
  • Varix
  • Varicose Vein
  • Vein, Varicose
  • Veins, Varicose

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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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assume to be of legs so do not coord with LEG; other sites: coord VARICOSE VEINS (IM) + organ /blood supply (IM), not organ/dis, as orbit varix = VARICOSE VEINS (IM) + ORBIT /blood supply (IM) (not ORBITAL DISEASES)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Varicose Veins. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014648. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014648
  2. Varicose Veins. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varicose_veins
  3. Varicose Veins. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201180