"Intermittent Claudication" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A symptom complex characterized by pain and weakness in SKELETAL MUSCLE group associated with exercise, such as leg pain and weakness brought on by walking. Such muscle limpness disappears after a brief rest and is often relates to arterial STENOSIS; muscle ISCHEMIA; and accumulation of LACTATE.
| Descriptor ID |
D007383
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.137.126.669 C23.888.531
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