| TF | free thyroxine; tactile fremitus; tail flick [reflex]; temperature factor; testicular feminization; ... |
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| vWF | von Willebrand Factor |
| VIIIvwf | von Willebrand factor |
| vWF, vWf | von Willebrand factor |
| DF | decapacitation factor; decontamination factor; deferoxamine; deficiency factor; defined flora [anima... |
| Brunn, Albert von | <person> German anatomist, 1849-1895. See: Brunn's membrane, Brunn's nests. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bruns, Ludwig von | <person> German neurologist, 1858-1916. See: Bruns ataxia, Bruns' nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Burow, Karl von | <person> German surgeon, 1809-1874. See: Burow's operation, Burow's solution, Burow's triangle, Burow's vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| 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) |