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Sclerosing Solutions

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Definition: Chemical agents injected into blood vessels and lymphatic sinuses to shrink or cause localized THROMBOSIS; FIBROSIS, and obliteration of the vessels. This treatment is applied in a number of conditions such as VARICOSE VEINS; HEMORRHOIDS; GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGEAL VARICES; PEPTIC ULCER HEMORRHAGE.  coordinate /ther use with disease /ther, not disease /drug ther   
See Also Sclerotherapy 		Other names Sclerosing Agents; Injections, Sclerosing; Solutions, Sclerosing; Drugs, Sclerosing; Agents, Sclerosing; Sclerosing Injections; Sclerosing Drugs; Sclerosants
Substances having this pharmacologic action: alcoholic prolamine solution; ethanolamine oleate; polidocanol; Sodium Morrhuate; Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate; Phenol; ethyl cellulose

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