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intracranial arteriosclerosis

Disease Summary
Associated Targets ()

Mondo Description 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.
Mondo Term and Equivalent IDs
MONDO:0001632:  intracranial arteriosclerosis
MESH:D002537: 
UMLS:C0007771: