Posts Tagged: Hereditary

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: Osler-Weber-Rendu…

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) was first described by Wiliam Osler, Frederick Parkes Weber and Henri Jules Louis Marie Rendu in the 19th and early 20th century.  It is a rare autosomal dominantly inherited disorder with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 5000 to 1 in 10,000 births worldwide.  It affects blood vessels throughout the body… Read more »