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Hand-Schuller-Christian disease

DEFINITIONS OF: Hand-Schuller-Christian disease

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n inflammatory histiocytosis associated with disturbance of cholesterol metabolism; occurs chiefly in young children and is characterized by cystic defects of the skull and diabetes insipidus

Synonyms:
Schuller-Christian disease
Type of:
histiocytosis
a blood disease characterized by an abnormal multiplication of macrophages
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