 Fibromuscular Dysplasia
"Fibromuscular Dysplasia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D005352
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.137.372
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| Concept/Terms |
Fibromuscular Dysplasia- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Dysplasia, Fibromuscular
- Dysplasias, Fibromuscular
- Fibromuscular Dysplasias
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fibromuscular Dysplasia" by people in Profiles.
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Lummus S, Breeze R, Lucia MS, Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK. Histopathologic features of intracranial vascular involvement in fibromuscular dysplasia, ehlers-danlos type IV, and neurofibromatosis I. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2014 Oct; 73(10):916-32.
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Young JY, Ryu RK, Casalino DD. Fibromuscular dysplasia and renal transplantation. J Urol. 2011 Sep; 186(3):1073-4.
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Selzman CH, Turner AS, Johnson SM, Cain BS, Harken AH, Whitehill TA. Chronic estrogen replacement inhibits aortic intimal hyperplasia independent of serum lipids. J Card Surg. 1997 Jul-Aug; 12(4):228-34.
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Daniels SR, Loggie JM, McEnery PT, Towbin RB. Clinical spectrum of intrinsic renovascular hypertension in children. Pediatrics. 1987 Nov; 80(5):698-704.
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