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Descriptor
English
:
Arteriosclerosis
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Arteriosclerosis
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Arteriosclerose
Tree Number:
C14.907.137.126
Definition
English
:
Thickening and loss of
elasticity
of the walls of
ARTERIES
of all sizes. There are many forms classified by the types of lesions and
arteries
involved, such as
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
with fatty lesions in the ARTERIAL INTIMA of medium and large muscular
arteries.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
general; prefer specifics; do not confuse with
ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS
See Related
English
:
Atherectomy
Diet, Atherogenic
Embolism, Cholesterol
History Note
English
:
1964
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
1166
Unique Identifier:
D001161
Occurrence in VHL
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