Diseases

Intracranial Arterial Diseases

Pathological conditions involving ARTERIES in the skull, such as arteries supplying the CEREBRUM, the CEREBELLUM, the BRAIN STEM, and associated structures. They include atherosclerotic, congenital, traumatic, infectious, inflammatory, and other pathological processes.

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Abstract

Pathological conditions involving ARTERIES in the skull, such as arteries supplying the CEREBRUM, the CEREBELLUM, the BRAIN STEM, and associated structures. They include atherosclerotic, congenital, traumatic, infectious, inflammatory, and other pathological processes.

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Synonyms

18 entry terms
  • Arterial Diseases, Intracranial
  • Intracranial Arterial Disorders
  • Arterial Disease, Intracranial
  • Arterial Disorder, Intracranial
  • Arterial Disorders, Intracranial
  • Intracranial Arterial Disease
  • Intracranial Arterial Disorder
  • Arterial Brain Diseases
  • Arterial Diseases, Brain
  • Brain Diseases, Arterial
  • Brain Disorders, Arterial
  • Arterial Brain Disease
  • Arterial Brain Disorder
  • Arterial Brain Disorders
  • Arterial Disease, Brain
  • Brain Arterial Disease
  • Brain Arterial Diseases
  • Brain Disorder, Arterial

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Cerebral Arterial Diseases/classification (1967-1999)
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders/complications (1965-1999)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intracranial Arterial Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020765. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020765
  2. Intracranial Arterial Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554429