Diseases

Arteriosclerosis

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.

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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.

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1 entry terms
  • Arterioscleroses

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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general; prefer specifics; do not confuse with ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS

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History Note

1964

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  1. C14w.907w.137.126w

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WG 550

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Arteriosclerosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001161. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001161
  2. Arteriosclerosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteriosclerosis
  3. Arteriosclerosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184559