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Intracranial Arteriosclerosis

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Definition: 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.     
Examples Dementia, Vascular 		Other names Intracranial Atherosclerosis; Cerebral Arteriosclerosis; Intracranial Atheroscleroses; Intracranial Arterioscleroses; Cerebral Atheroscleroses; Cerebral Arterioscleroses; Atherosclerosis, Intracranial; Atherosclerosis, Cerebral; Atheroscleroses, Intracranial; Atheroscleroses, Cerebral; Arteriosclerosis, Intracranial; Arteriosclerosis, Cerebral; Arterioscleroses, Intracranial; Arterioscleroses, Cerebral; Cerebral Atherosclerosis
 
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gerocerebrin  52623-87-7 L-Glutamic acid, mixt. with adenosine 5'-(tetrahydrogen triphosphate), 3,7-dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione, 3,7-dihydro-3,7-dimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione, 5-hydroxy-6-methyl-3,4-pyridinedimethanol hydrochloride and 3-pyridinecarboxylic acid  *Nicotinic Acids *Theobromine *Theophylline Drug Combinations Intracranial Arteriosclerosis/drug therapy. Farm Zh 28(6):79;1973

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