Thromboangiitis Obliterans

Thromboangiitis obliterans - Information from NIH

Alternate Name(s): Buerger's disease ...... Thromboangiitis obliterans is a disease that causes obstruction of the blood vessels of the hands and feet.

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Buerger Disease (Thromboangiitis Obliterans): eMedicine Vascular

Overview: Buerger disease, a nonatherosclerotic vascular disease also known as thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), is characterized by the absence or minimal presence of atheromas, segmental vascular inflammation, vasoocclusive phenomenon, and involvement of small- and medium-sized arteries and veins ... ... Updated: May 1, 2009...

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Buerger's disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Buergers's disease (also known as thromboangiitis obliterans & tunying streptococcus ) is a recurring inflammation and thrombosis (clotting) of small and medium arteries and veins of the hands ...
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Thromboangiitis Obliterans: Peripheral Arterial Disorders: Merck

Thromboangiitis obliterans is inflammatory thrombosis of small and medium-sized arteries and some superficial veins, causing arterial ischemia in distal extremities and superficial thrombophlebitis. Tobacco use is the primary risk factor.

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Thromboangiitis obliterans - Overview

Thromboangiitis obliterans - Overview, Thromboangiitis obliterans is a rare disease in wh... ... Thromboangiitis obliterans is a rare disease in which blood vessels of the hands and feet become obstructed...

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Thromboangiitis obliterans

Thromboangiitis obliterans is a disease that causes obstruction of the blood vessels of the hands and feet. ... Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease) is caused by vasculitis, which is an inflammation of blood vessels. Inflammation is irritation with presence of extra immune cells.

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Buerger's Disease Information

Classic symptoms and signs of Buerger's Disease ... The initial symptoms of Buerger’s Disease often include claudication (pain induced by insufficient blood flow during exercise) in the feet and/or hands, or pain in these areas at rest. ... Another name for Buerger’s Disease is thromboangiitis obliterans.

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Autologous bone-marrow mononuclear cell implantation for patients

BACKGROUND: This study investigated the efficacy and safety of autologous bone marrow-mononuclear cells (ABMMNC) implantation in patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) due to thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease). ... The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology...

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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16926085

Thromboangiitis obliterans or Buerger's disease: challenges for the

Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease)--a type of vasculitis in young, mostly male subjects--remains strangely linked to smoking, which determines its occurrence, progression and prognosis by currently unknown mechanisms. ... The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology...

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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/17116654