| VEG | von Egner gland [protein] |
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| VEGP | von Ebner gland protein |
| VHL | von Hippel-Lindau [syndrome] |
| VON | Victorian Order of Nurses |
| von Kossa, Julius | <person> 19th century Austro-Hungarian pathologist. See: von Kossa stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| Reuss, August von | <person> Austrian ophthalmologist, 1841-1924. See: Reuss' formula, Reuss' colour tables, Reuss' test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Graefe, Albrecht von | <person> German ophthalmologist, 1828-1870. See: Graefe forceps, Graefe's knife, Graefe's operation, Graefe's sign, Graefe's spots, pseudo-Graefe's phenomenon, Graefe's sign, von Graefe's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gruber, Max von | <person> German hygienist, 1853-1927. See: Gruber's reaction, Gruber-Widal reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ritgen, Ferdinand August Marie Franz von | <person> German obstetrician, 1787-1867. See: Ritgen's manoeuvre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gudden, Bernhard von | <person> German neurologist, 1824-1886. See: Gudden's commissures, Gudden's ganglion, Gudden's tegmental nuclei. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Pfaundler, Meinhard von | <person> German physician, 1872-1947. See: Pfaundler-Hurler syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rokitansky, Karl Freiherr von | <person> Austrian pathologist, 1804-1878. See: Rokitansky's disease, Rokitansky's hernia, Rokitansky-Aschoff sinuses, Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |