Arteriosclerosis
"Arteriosclerosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D001161
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.907.137.126
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Arteriosclerosis" by people in Profiles.
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Williams DL, Connelly MA, Temel RE, Swarnakar S, Phillips MC, de la Llera-Moya M, Rothblat GH. Scavenger receptor BI and cholesterol trafficking. Curr Opin Lipidol. 1999 Aug; 10(4):329-39.