| PR | by way of the rectum [Lat. per rectum]; far point [of accommodation] [Lat. punctum remotum]; palindr... |
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| NF | Neuro-Fibromatosis = Von Recklinghausen's Disease NF 1; Neuro-Fibroma... |
| VHL | Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome = Cerebelloretinal Hemangioblastomatosis |
| vWD | von Willebrand Disease |
| vWF | von Willebrand Factor |
| Burow, Karl von | <person> German surgeon, 1809-1874. See: Burow's operation, Burow's solution, Burow's triangle, Burow's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Call, Friedrich von | <person> Austrian physician, 1844-1917. See: Call-Exner bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Paget-von Schrotter syndrome | <syndrome> Stress thrombosis or spontaneous thrombosis of the subclavian or axillary vein; a thoracic-outlet syndrome. Synonym: effort-induced thrombosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ranke, Karl von | <person> German chemist, 1870-1926. See: Ranke's formula. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gierke, Edgar von | <person> German pathologist, 1877-1945. See: Gierke's disease, von Gierke's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von | Often abbreviated to v. For names with this prefix not found here, see under the principal part of the name. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von Bruns | See: Bruns. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von Ebner, Victor | <person> Austrian histologist, 1842-1925. See: Ebner's glands, Ebner's reticulum, imbrication lines of von Ebner, incremental lines of von Ebner. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von Economo, Constantin | <person> Austrian neurologist, 1876-1931. See: von Economo's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von Economo's disease | A unique encephalitis, presumably viral in origin, which followed the influenza pandemic of 1914-1918. Symptoms included ophthalmoplegia and marked somnolence, and in many survivors, the delayed development of Parkinson's disease; the basis for postencephalitic Parkinsonism. Synonym: encephalitis lethargica, polioencephalitis infectiva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Von Gierke's disease | <disease> A congenital disease caused by a metabolic error in which the body deposits an abnormally high amount of glycogen in the kidneys and liver, the disease produces symptoms such as hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) and hyperlipaemia (an excess of lipid molecules in the blood, which can lead to problems such as clogged arteries and heart attacks). (09 Oct 1997) |
| von Graefe's sign | <clinical sign> In Grave's disease, lag of the upper eyelid as it follows the rotation of the eyeball downward. Synonym: von Graefe's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von Hippel, Eugen | <person> German ophthalmologist, 1867-1939. See: von Hippel-Lindau syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von hippel-lindau disease | <disease> A congenital disease characterised by the development of blood vesse ltumours in the retina of the eye and in the brain, lesions and cysts canalso develop in the spina lcord, pancreas, kidneys, and other organs. (09 Oct 1997) |
| von hippel-lindau syndrome | <radiology> Retinocerebellar angiomatosis, phakomatosis, autosomal dominant (variable penetrance), haemangioblastoma: most frequent cause of death, cerebellar (most common), also medullary and spinal, retinal angiomatosis (45%), renal cell carcinoma: 2nd most common cause of death, pheochromocytoma (17%), cortical renal cysts (75%), cysts in virtually any organ, renal/liver haemangioma/adenoma, pancreatic cystic neoplasms, isleT-cell tumours, paraganglioma (12 Dec 1998) |