Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic
Synonyms
Disease, Osler's
Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Hereditary
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Osler Disease
Osler Rendu Disease
Osler Rendu Weber Disease
Osler Weber Rendu Syndrome
Osler's Disease
Osler-Rendu Disease
Osler-Rendu-Weber Disease
Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome
Rendu Osler Weber
Rendu-Osler-Weber
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic, Type 1
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic, of Rendu, Osler, and Weber
Weber Osler
Weber-Osler
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.