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Buerger's disease
(redirected from thromboangiitis obliterans)

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Buerger's disease [′bər·gərz di‚zēz]


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A notation is that it also acts against such vascular diseases as thromboangiitis obliterans, or Buerger's disease, and perhaps against arteriosclerosis--a potential option against angioplasty or heart bypass surgery.
3,4) Thromboangiitis obliterans is a nonathero-sclerotic, segmental, inflammatory disease that affects the veins, nerves, and small- and medium-sized arteries of the distal lower and upper extremities.
Pathologically, BFD is compatible with thromboangiitis obliterans and arteriosclerosis obliterans (12,13).
 
 
 
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