| Werdnig, Guido | <person> Austrian neurologist, 1862-1919. See: Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, Werdnig-Hoffmann muscular atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| werdnig-hoffmann disease | A recessively inherited acute infantile form of motor neuropathy with proximal muscle wasting particularly of the upper extremities. The chronic childhood form may be an arrested werdnig-hoffmann disorder. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Werdnig-Hoffmann muscular atrophy | Transmitted as autosomal recessive on chromosome 5q. Progressive dysfunction of the anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and brainstem cranial nerves with profound weakness and bulbar dysfunction occurring in the first two years of life. Three groups, based on age of clinical onset, are recognised. Synonym: familial spinal muscular atrophy, Hoffmann's muscular atrophy, infantile muscular atrophy, infantile progressive spinal muscular atrophy, progressive infantile spinal muscular atrophy, Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, Werdnig-Hoffmann muscular atrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Werlhof's disease | An obsolete term for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Werlhof, Paul | <person> German physician, 1699-1767. See: Werlhof's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wermer's syndrome | <syndrome> This is a hereditary disorder in which two or more of the following glands: parathyroid, pancreas, pituitary, adrenals or thyroid develop hyperplasia or a tumour. (27 Sep 1997) |
| Wernekinck's commissure | The decussation of the brachia conjunctiva before their entrance into the red nucleus of the tegmentum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wernekinck's decussation | The decussation of the left and right superior cerebellar peduncles in the tegmentum of the caudal mesencephalon. Synonym: decussatio pedunculorum cerebellarium superiorum, decussatio brachii conjunctivi, decussation of brachia conjunctiva, Wernekinck's decussation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wernekinck, Friedrich | <person> German anatomist and physician, 1798-1835. See: Wernekinck's commissure, Wernekinck's decussation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| werner syndrome | <radiology> Cataract in connection with scleroderma, rare; unknown aetiology, M = F, premature aging, short stature, thin, atrophic extremities, generalised osteoporosis, accelerated atherosclerosis (calcification of arteries, heart valves), beaked nose, multiple infections (including osteomyelitis), scleroderma-like skin changes, increased incidence of malignancy: GI tract, lung, kidney, ovary, breast (12 Dec 1998) |
| Werner's syndrome | <syndrome> A disorder consisting of scleroderma-like skin changes, bilateral juvenile cataracts, progeria, hypogonadism, and diabetes mellitus; autosomal recessive inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Werner's test | A thyroid function test used to diagnose difficult cases of hyperthyroidism, now largely replaced by the thyrotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test; triiodothyronine is administered for a week to 10 days, and a reduction of its uptake by the thyroid gland to less than half of the initial uptake is a normal response. Synonym: Werner's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Werner, F | <person> Early 20th century German chemist. See: Werner's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Werner, Otto | <person> German physician, *1879. See: Werner's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| werner-his disease | Named for the German physician heinrich werner (not the werner of werner's syndrome) and the swiss physician wilhelm his, jr. (who described the bundle of his in the heart). See fever, wolhynia. (12 Dec 1998) |