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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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