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cholesterol embolism
Disease Summary
Associated Targets (2)
Tclin
1
Tchem
1
Mondo Description Blocking of a blood vessel by cholesterol-rich atheromatous deposits, generally occurring in the flow from a large artery to small arterial branches. It is also called arterial-arterial embolization or atheroembolism which may be spontaneous or iatrogenic. Patients with spontaneous atheroembolism often have painful, cyanotic digits of acute onset.
Disease Ontology Description A vascular disease that is characterized by blood vessel obstruction resulting from the release of cholesterol from the inside of blood vessels along the bloodstream.
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Description from Mondo Disease Ontology.
Description from Disease Ontology
DataSources which have contributed target associations to this disease, and the identifiers by which the disease is referenced.
DOID:1461
EFO:0005801
MESH:D017700
SCTID:307406004
UMLS:C0149649
UMLS:C0585266
MONDO:0005568
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