| von Recklinghausen disease | type 1 neurofibromatosis |
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| von Recklinghausen's disease | <disease> A rare genetic disorder which affects the cell growth of nerve tissue. Individuals have multiple cutaneous and subcutaneous tumours which appear in late childhood. Clinical features include medium-brown, flat discolourations to the skin, known as cafe-au-lait spots. Secondary hypertension may develop from renal artery stenosis, pheochromocytoma or coarctation of the aorta. Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (04 Nov 1997) |
| disease, von recklinghausen's | Hereditary disorder characterised by cafe-au-lait (coffee-with-milk spots on the skin and a tendency to develop nerve tumours) also known as neurofibromatosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Recklinghausen | Friedrich D. Von, German histologist and pathologist, 1833-1910. See: central Recklinghausen's disease type II, Recklinghausen's disease of bone, Recklinghausen's disease type I, Recklinghausen's tumour, von Recklinghausen disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Recklinghausen's disease of bone | Rarefying osteitis with fibrous degeneration and formation of cysts, and with the presence of fibrous nodules on the affected bones. It is due to marked osteoclastic activity secondary to hyperfunction of the parathyroid glands. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Recklinghausen's disease type I | type 2 neurofibromatosis |
| Recklinghausen's tumour | A small, circumscribed, benign tumour of the genital tract, composed of small glandlike spaces lined by flattened or cuboidal mesothelium-like cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| central Recklinghausen's disease type II | type 1 neurofibromatosis |
| Alder, Albert von | <person> See: Alder's anomaly, Alder bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ammon, Friedrich von | <person> German ophthalmologist and pathologist, 1799-1861. See: Ammon's fissure, Ammon's prominence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Andernach, Johann von | <person> German physician, 1505-1574. See: Andernach's ossicles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baer, Karl von | <person> German-Russian embryologist, 1792-1876. See: Baer's law, Baer's vesicle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Baeyer, Johann von | <person> German chemist and Nobel laureate, 1835-1917. See: Baeyer's theory. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bamberger, Heinrich von | <person> Austrian physician, 1822-1888. See: Bamberger's albuminuria, Bamberger's disease, Bamberger's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Basedow, Karl von | <person> German physician, 1799-1854. See: Basedow's disease, Basedow's pseudoparaplegia, Jod-Basedow phenomenon, Basedow's goiter. (05 Mar 2000) |