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Term:
artery neointimal hyperplastic lesion area (CMO:0001414)
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artery internal elastic lamina non-tumorous lesion count  
artery neointimal hyperplastic lesion area +   
A measurement of the extent of a two-dimensional surface of or plane through a single hyperplastic lesion of the tunica intima, that is, the inner coat of the arterial wall, or a measurement of the total area occupied by hyperplastic lesions of the tunica intima in a cross-section of an artery, one of the large blood vessels carrying blood in a direction away from the heart to the tissues. A hyperplastic lesion is a localized pathological increase in the number of cells of an organ or tissue resulting from an increased rate of cellular division due to injury or disease; especially one that is circumscribed and well defined.
calculated artery lesion measurement +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: artery intimal hyperplastic lesion area ;   neointimal hyperplasia area of artery
Definition Sources: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intimal_hyperplasia "Wikipedia" "Wikipedia", ISBN:978-1416049982, Mosby:Mosbys_Medical_Dictionary--8th_Ed

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