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By Mayo Clinic staffPremenopausal women ages 14 to 50 are most likely to develop fibromuscular dysplasia, although older women and young adult men also can develop the condition. It's believed that fibromuscular dysplasia has a genetic link, although researchers don't know what genes could cause the condition.
Tobacco use and some medications may cause irritation in an artery, and cause the changes in blood flow to become more severe.
- Fibromuscular dysplasia: Important facts you should know. Fibromuscular Dysplasia Society of America. http://fmdsa.org/files/FMDfactsheet2.pdf. Accessed July 7, 2008.
- Slovut DP. Clinical manifestations and diagnosis of fibromuscular dysplasia. http://www.uptodate.com/index/. Accessed July 7, 2008.
- Plouin PF, et al. Fibromuscular dysplasia. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2007;2(28):1-8.
- Slovut DP, et al. Treatment of fibromuscular dysplasia of the renal arteries. http://www.uptodate.com/index/. Accessed July 7, 2008.
- Slovut DP, et al. Fibromuscular dysplasia. New England Journal of Medicine. 2004;350:1862-1871.
