title: A morphometric study of age changes in the human lingual artery.
abstract: A morphometric study of 100 human lingual arteries demonstrated an increase in wall thickness and decrease in lumen: artery ratio with age. The changes were related to the degree of coronary artery stenosis present in the same subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Dental School, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, U.K.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Macleod
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Soames
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D001158:Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014059:Tongue / Q000098:blood supply*