von Hippel–Lindau disease

noun

A type of angiophakomatosis, caused by certain DNA sequence variants (in the VHL gene).

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Meanings

nounvon Hippel–Lindau disease (uncountable)

alternative Von Hippel-Lindau disease

  1. uncountablemedicineA type of angiophakomatosis, caused by certain DNA sequence variants (in the VHL gene).

Origin

The German ophthalmologist Eugen von Hippel first described angiomas in the eye in 1904. Arvid Lindau described the angiomas of the cerebellum and spine in 1927.

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