Chronic swelling of the leg and stasis ulcer.
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Chronic swelling of the leg and stasis ulcer.
Lymphatic fluid Swelling of the leg is a condition often seen in general practice. Most commonly it develops secondarily to a local abnormality in the venous or lymphatic system, but systemic abnormalities such as cardiac or renal failure or myxoedema should not be overlooked. By definition oedema is a pathological accumulation offluid in the interstitial tissues. Physiologists divide the body ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.290.6477.1273