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Preferred term

Fibromuscular Dysplasia  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An idiopathic, segmental, nonatheromatous disease of the musculature of arterial walls, leading to STENOSIS of small and medium-sized arteries. There is true proliferation of SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS and fibrous tissue. Fibromuscular dysplasia lesions are smooth stenosis and occur most often in the renal and carotid arteries. They may also occur in other peripheral arteries of the extremity.

Entry terms

  • Fibromuscular Dysplasia of Arteries

In other languages

  • French

  • Dysplasie fibro-musculaire
  • Dysplasie fibromusculaire artérielle
  • Dysplasie fibromusculaire des artères
  • Fibrodysplasie

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Z8517H61-Z

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