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Descriptor English: Leriche Syndrome
Descriptor Spanish: Síndrome de Leriche
Descriptor síndrome de Leriche
Scope note: Afección causado por obstrución de la aorta terminal, las ramas principales de la AORTA ABDOMINAL, como en la obstrucción aortoilíaca. El síndrome de Leriche suele darse en varones y está caracterizado por IMPOTENCIA, ausencia de pulso en las arterias femorales, debilidad y entumecimiento en región lumbar, nalgas, caderas y estremidades inferiores.
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndrome de Leriche
Descriptor French: Syndrome de Leriche
Entry term(s): Leriche's Syndrome
Leriches Syndrome
Syndrome, Leriche
Syndrome, Leriche's
Tree number(s): C14.907.109.661
C14.907.137.427
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007925
Scope note: A condition caused by occlusion of terminal aorta, the primary branches of the ABDOMINAL AORTA, as in aortoiliac obstruction. Leriche syndrome usually occurs in males and is characterized by IMPOTENCE, absence of a pulse in the femoral arteries, weakness and numbness in the lower back, buttocks, hips, and lower limbs.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2008; see LERICHE'S SYNDROME 1963-2007
History Note: 2008 (1963)
DeCS ID: 8103
Unique ID: D007925
NLM Classification: WG 410
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Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Leriche Syndrome - Preferred
Concept UI M0012367
Scope note A condition caused by occlusion of terminal aorta, the primary branches of the ABDOMINAL AORTA, as in aortoiliac obstruction. Leriche syndrome usually occurs in males and is characterized by IMPOTENCE, absence of a pulse in the femoral arteries, weakness and numbness in the lower back, buttocks, hips, and lower limbs.
Preferred term Leriche Syndrome
Entry term(s) Leriche's Syndrome
Leriches Syndrome
Syndrome, Leriche
Syndrome, Leriche's



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