Pink eye risk factors consist of: Being exposed to any individual with a bacterial or viral pink eye infection; Being exposed to any allergen that causes allergic pink eye; Wearing extended-wear contact lenses; In adults and children, pink eye can cause the cornea to become inflamed and that may affect vision in that eye.
Medical Definition of NEUROFIBROMATOSIS. : a disorder inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and characterized by brown spots on the skin, neurofibromas of peripheral nerves, and deformities of subcutaneous tissues and boneâabbreviation NF; called also Recklinghausen's disease, von Recklinghausen's disease.efinition of NEUROFIBROMATOSIS. : a disorder inherited as an autosomal dominant and characterized especially by brown spots on the skin, neurofibromas of peripheral nerves, and deformities of subcutaneous tissue and bone. ADVERTISEMENT. New Latin, from neurofibromat-, neurofibroma.
Von Willebrand disease (vWD) (/ËfÊnËvÉªláµ»brÉËnt/) is the most common hereditary blood-clotting disorder in humans. An acquired form can sometimes result from other medical conditions. It arises from a deficiency in the quality or quantity of von Willebrand factor (vWF), a multimeric protein that is required for platelet adhesion. It is known to affect humans and several breeds of dogs. The three forms of vWD are: hereditary, acquired, and pseudo or platelet type.