<unk>  is a form of cardiovascular disease involving hardening and loss of elasticity of arterioles or small arteries and is most often associated with hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Types include hyaline<unk>  and hyperplastic<unk> , both involved with vessel wall thickening and luminal narrowing that may cause downstream ischemic injury. The following two terms whilst similar, are distinct in both spelling and meaning and may easily be confused with<unk> . * Arteriosclerosis is any hardening (and loss of elasticity) of medium or large arteries (from the Greek arteria, meaning artery, and sclerosis, meaning hardening) * Atherosclerosis is a hardening of an artery specifically due to an atheromatous plaque. The term atherogenic is used for substances or processes that cause atherosclerosis. Micrograph showing hyaline<unk>  in the kidney. PAS stain.
Arteriolosclerosis
Diabetic angiopathy
Chorangiosis
Microangiopathy
Arteriosclerosis
Angiolathyrism
Arterial tortuosity syndrome
Microvasculitis