See Also: Bernard-Soulier disease(medicine)
Disease, Bernard-Soulier(health)
Bernard-Soulier syndrome(health)
Bernard Soulier syndrome(medicine)
Soulier, Jean Pierre(medicine)
St Bernard(dictionary)
Bernard's canal(medicine)
Berenson, Bernard(encyclopedia)
Bernard (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Bernard's duct(medicine)

coroner (sh) and Bernard-Soulier disease (medicine)


coroner (sh)




Public official whose principal duty is to inquire into any death that appears to be unnatural.

The name of the office as it emerged in England in the late 12th century was originally "crowner" (also called "coronator"), a Reference to the coroner's principal duty of protecting the crown's property. By the late 19th century, the coroner's role had shifted to that of conducting inquests into unnatural deaths. In Canada, all coroners are appointed. In the U.S., the office is elective or appointive, depending on the jurisdiction. Coroners often possess both legal and medical qualifications, but the office is sometimes filled by laypersons, including undertakers, sheriffs, and justices of the peace. In many states the office has been replaced by that of the medical examiner, who is usually a licensed pathologist.


Bernard-Soulier disease (medicine)


Bernard-Soulier disease


An autosomal recessive disorder of absent or decreased platelet membrane glycoproteins Ib, IX, and V (the receptor for factor VIII R. This deficiency can lead to a failure to bind von Willebrand factor, causing moderate bleeding.