Osler's disease


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Osler's disease

 [ōs´lerz]
1. polycythemia vera.
2. hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
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Osler's disease

(1) Polycythaemia vera, see there. 
(2) Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia; also known as Osler-Rendu-Weber disease.
(3) Hereditary angioneurotic oedema, see there.
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