What does plexogenic mean?
Plexogenic means (pathology) Giving rise to weblike or plexiform structures..
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(pathology) Giving rise to weblike or plexiform structures..
Wiener-Kronish's case showed plexogenic pulmonary angiopathy and positive immunofluorescent staining for IgG, C₃ and C1q in the lung (1981). […] Although the aetiology of plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy is unknown, most evidences indicate a vasospastic origin of the disease (Wagenvoort CA and Wagenvoort N 1970).
Pulmonary arteriopathy may be plexogenic (medial hypertrophy, intimal fibrosis and lesions involving the entire vessel wall) or thrombotic (medial hypertrophy, thrombosis and eccentric non-laminar intimal fibrosis).
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Plexogenic means (pathology) Giving rise to weblike or plexiform structures..
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Wiener-Kronish's case showed plexogenic pulmonary angiopathy and positive immunofluorescent staining for IgG, C₃ and C1q in the lung (1981). […] Although the aetiology of plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy is unknown, most evidences indicate a vasospastic origin of the disease (Wagenvoort CA and Wagenvoort N 1970).
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