Phlebology Implications in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Franciscan Guillaume de Saint Pathus (1250-1315) described a patient with deep vein thrombosis in his work "La vie et les miracles de Saint Louis,"1 but from then, science has developed, and now we are aware of the most relevant risk factors for this frequent medical complication: aging; pregnancy; chronic medical diseases; viral and bacterial infections; immobilization; surgeries, particularly major orthopedic and vascular interventions; trauma; malignancies; iatrogenic, especially hormonal and intravenous treatments; and inherited thrombophilias. In most of these risk conditions, a proinflammatory reaction is present.
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research