Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic

"Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An autosomal dominant vascular anomaly characterized by telangiectases of the skin and mucous membranes and by recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. This disorder is caused by mutations of a gene (on chromosome 9q3) which encodes endoglin, a membrane glycoprotein that binds TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA.

Descriptor ID	D013683
MeSH Number(s)	C14.907.454.900 C14.907.823.780 C15.378.463.515.900 C16.131.240.850.968
Concept/Terms	Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Hereditary Rendu-Osler-Weber Rendu Osler Weber Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic, of Rendu, Osler, and Weber Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic, Type 1 Osler-Rendu Disease Osler Rendu Disease Osler-Rendu-Weber Disease Osler Rendu Weber Disease Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Osler's Disease Disease, Osler's Osler Disease Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome Osler Weber Rendu Syndrome Weber-Osler Weber Osler

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic".

Diseases [C]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Vascular Diseases [C14.907]
Hemostatic Disorders [C14.907.454]
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic [C14.907.454.900]
Telangiectasis [C14.907.823]
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic [C14.907.823.780]
Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases [C15]
Hematologic Diseases [C15.378]
Hemorrhagic Disorders [C15.378.463]
Hemostatic Disorders [C15.378.463.515]
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic [C15.378.463.515.900]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Congenital Abnormalities [C16.131]
Cardiovascular Abnormalities [C16.131.240]
Vascular Malformations [C16.131.240.850]
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic [C16.131.240.850.968]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic".

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