"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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2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fibromuscular Dysplasia" by people in Profiles.
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Afshinnia F, Sundaram B, Rao P, Stanley J, Bitzer M. Evaluation of characteristics, associations and clinical course of isolated spontaneous renal artery dissection. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2013 Aug; 28(8):2089-98.
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Altit R, Brown DB, Gardiner GA. Renal artery aneurysm and arteriovenous fistula associated with fibromuscular dysplasia: successful treatment with detachable coils. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009 Aug; 20(8):1083-6.
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Andreoni KA, Weeks SM, Gerber DA, Fair JH, Mauro MA, McCoy L, Scott L, Johnson MW. Incidence of donor renal fibromuscular dysplasia: does it justify routine angiography? Transplantation. 2002 Apr 15; 73(7):1112-6.