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Is it true that most of the general adult population have leg blood clots and that they are present in various depths within muscle tissue?
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Blood clots: No it is not true that most of the adult populations have leg clots. These clots typically occur in the veins and not in the muscle tissue.
Answered 10/12/2013
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