Article
The molecular biology of von Willebrand disease.
Clinical and laboratory haematology - 1 Aug 2001
Keeney S, Cumming A M
Abstract excerpt
von Willebrand disease (VWD) is a common autosomally inherited bleeding disorder associated with mucosal or trauma-related bleeding in affected individuals. VWD results from either a quantitative or qualitative deficiency of von Willebrand factor (VWF)--a glycoprotein with essential roles in primary haemostasis and as a carrier of coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) in the circulation. In recent years the...
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