Hepatic veno-occlusive disease some herbal teas), and has been described as part of a rare hereditary disease called "hepatic venoocclusive disease with immunodeficiency" (which results from mutations in the gene coding for a protein called SP110). Features of VODI include weight gain, tender enlargement of the liver, ascites, and yellow discoloration of the skin; it often is associated with acute kidney failure. In the BMT setting, VODI is felt to be due to injury to the hepatic venous endothelium from the conditioning regimen. Toxic agents causing veno-occlusive disease include plants as well as the medication cyclophosphamide. Doppler ultrasound of the liver is typically
Nominalized adjective Nominalized adjective A nominalized adjective is an adjective that has undergone nominalization, and is thus used as a noun. For example, in "the rich and the poor", the adjectives "rich" and "poor" function as nouns denoting people who are rich and poor respectively. The most common appearance of the nominalized adjective in English is when an adjective is used to indicate a collective group. This happens in the case where a phrase such as "the poor people" becomes "the poor". The adjective "poor" is nominalized, and the noun "people" disappears. Other adjectives commonly used in this way include "rich", "wealthy",