Concept information
Preferred term
Intracranial Arteriosclerosis
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Arterioscleroses, Cerebral
- Arteriosclerosis, Cerebral
- Atheroscleroses, Cerebral
- Atheroscleroses, Intracranial
- Atherosclerosis, Cerebral
- Atherosclerosis, Intracranial
- Cerebral Arterioscleroses
- Cerebral Arteriosclerosis
- Cerebral Atheroscleroses
- Cerebral Atherosclerosis
- Intracranial Atheroscleroses
- Intracranial Atherosclerosis
Scope note
- Vascular diseases characterized by thickening and hardening of the walls of ARTERIES inside the SKULL. There are three subtypes: (1) atherosclerosis with fatty deposits in the ARTERIAL INTIMA; (2) Monckeberg's sclerosis with calcium deposits in the media and (3) arteriolosclerosis involving the small caliber arteries. Clinical signs include HEADACHE; CONFUSION; transient blindness (AMAUROSIS FUGAX); speech impairment; and HEMIPARESIS.
History note
- 2000(1963)
In other languages
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Finnish
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aivojen arterioskleroosi
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aivojen valtimonkovetustauti
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aivovaltimoiden arterioskleroosi
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aivovaltimon aterooma
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aivovaltimotauti
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aivoverisuonien ateroskleroosi
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arteriosclerosis cerebralis
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aterom i cerebrala artärer
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atheroma arteriae cerebralis
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atherosclerosis cerebralis
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cerebral ateroskleros
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intrakraniaalinen arterioskleroosi
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kallonsisäinen valtimonkovetustauti
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Swedish
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Cerebral arterioskleros
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Cerebral ateroskleros
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Intrakraniell ateroskleros
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Åderförkalkning i hjärnan
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002537
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