| VW | vascular wall; vessel wall; von Willebrand's [disease] |
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| vWD | von Willebrand disease |
| vWF, vWf | von Willebrand factor |
| vWS | van der Woude syndrome; viewing work station; von Willebrand syndrome |
| 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) |
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| 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 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) |
| von Kossa, Julius | <person> 19th century Austro-Hungarian pathologist. See: von Kossa stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von Kossa stain | <technique> A stain for calcium in mineralised tissue, utilizing a silver nitrate solution followed by sodium thiosulfate; calcified bone but not osteoid is stained brown to black. Synonym: Kossa stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von Langenbeck's bipedicle mucoperiosteal flap | An operation to close a cleft of the palate using lateral incisions designed to move medially where they are sutured together. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von Meyenburg's disease | A degenerative disease of cartilage producing a bizarre form of arthritis, with collapse of the ears, the cartilaginous portion of the nose, and the tracheobronchial tree; death may occur from chronic infection or suffocation because of loss of stability in the tracheobronchial tree of autosomal origin. Synonym: chronic atrophic polychondritis, generalised chondromalacia, Meyenburg's disease, Meyenburg-Altherr-Uehlinger syndrome, relapsing perichondritis, systemic chondromalacia, von Meyenburg's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von Recklinghausen disease | type 1 neurofibromatosis |
| 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) |
| von Schrotter, Leopold | <person> Austrian laryngologist, 1837-1908. See: Paget-von Schrotter syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| von Spee's curve | The anatomic curvature of the mandibular occlusal plane beginning at the tip of the lower cuspid and following the buccal cusps of the posterior teeth, continuing to the terminal molar. Synonym: von Spee's curve. (05 Mar 2000) |