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Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome
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Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome is hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia (HHT), a genetic disorder that leads to vascular malformations.
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Syndrome
A grouping of signs and symptoms, based on their frequent co-occurrence, that may suggest a common underlying pathogenesis, course, familial pattern, or treatment selection.
Hereditary
Transmitted from parent to offspring; derived from ancestry.
Genetic
Hereditary. Having to do with the genes.
Vascular
Pertaining to blood vessels.
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Rendu Osler Weber
Rendu Osler Weber refers to a multisystem disease with high prevalence of epistaxis complicate diagnosis.
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Radioimmunoassay (RIA)
A widely used technique for measurement of primary antigen-antibody interactions, and for the determination of the level of important biological substances in mixed samples. It takes advantage of the specificity of the antigen-antibody interaction and the sensitivity that derives from measurement of radioactively labelled materials.
Reagin
Allergist's term for IgE antibodies.
Respiratory burst
Oxygen dependent increase in metabolic activity within phagocytic cells stimulated by bacteria or parasites, to be microbicidal.
Reticuloendothelial system
A network of phagocytic cells.
Rheumatoid factor
An autoantibody (usually IgM) which reacts with the individual's own IgG. Present in rheumatoid arthritis.
Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome
Radiation colitis
Damage to the colon from radiation therapy.
Radiation enteritis
Damage to the small intestine from radiation therapy.
Radical prostatectomy
Surgery to remove the prostate along with the two seminal vesicle glands attached to the prostate.
Radical retropubic prostatectomy
An operation to remove the entire prostate gland and seminal vesicles through the lower abdomen.
Radiography
The treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Syndrome
A grouping of signs and symptoms, based on their frequent co-occurrence, that may suggest a common underlying pathogenesis, course, familial pattern, or treatment selection.
Hereditary
Transmitted from parent to offspring; derived from ancestry.
Genetic
Hereditary. Having to do with the genes.
Vascular
Pertaining to blood vessels.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Rendu Osler Weber
Rendu Osler Weber refers to a multisystem disease with high prevalence of epistaxis complicate diagnosis.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Radioimmunoassay (RIA)
A widely used technique for measurement of primary antigen-antibody interactions, and for the determination of the level of important biological substances in mixed samples. It takes advantage of the specificity of the antigen-antibody interaction and the sensitivity that derives from measurement of radioactively labelled materials.
Reagin
Allergist's term for IgE antibodies.
Respiratory burst
Oxygen dependent increase in metabolic activity within phagocytic cells stimulated by bacteria or parasites, to be microbicidal.
Reticuloendothelial system
A network of phagocytic cells.
Rheumatoid factor
An autoantibody (usually IgM) which reacts with the individual's own IgG. Present in rheumatoid arthritis.
Rendu-Osler-Weber Syndrome
Radiation colitis
Damage to the colon from radiation therapy.
Radiation enteritis
Damage to the small intestine from radiation therapy.
Radical prostatectomy
Surgery to remove the prostate along with the two seminal vesicle glands attached to the prostate.
Radical retropubic prostatectomy
An operation to remove the entire prostate gland and seminal vesicles through the lower abdomen.
Radiography
The treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to radiation.
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