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MeSH Heading: Varicose Ulcer
Tree Number(s): C14.907.927.730; C17.800.893.592.730
Unique ID: D014647
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014647
Scope Note: Skin breakdown or ulceration in the drainage area of a VARICOSE VEIN, usually in the leg.
Entry Term(s): Stasis Ulcer; Venous Hypertension Ulcers; Venous Stasis Ulcers; Venous Ulcer
NLM Classification #: WG 620
See Also: Postthrombotic Syndrome
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/06

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0022529
Scope Note: Skin breakdown or ulceration in the drainage area of a VARICOSE VEIN, usually in the leg.
Terms: Varicose Ulcer Preferred Term
Term UI T042853
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Venous Ulcer
Term UI T042854
Date04/22/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Stasis Ulcer
Term UI T042855
Date05/30/1984
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Venous Hypertension Ulcers
Term UI T680090
Date08/23/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008); Venous Stasis Ulcers
Term UI T680091
Date08/23/2006
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2008)

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