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An amino acid polymorphism in von Willebrand factor correlates with increased susceptibility to proteolysis by ADAMTS13.
Blood - 1 Feb 2004
Bowen Derrick John, Collins Peter William
Abstract excerpt
The hypothesis that increased ADAMTS13 (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin repeats) activity or increased susceptibility of von Willebrand factor (VWF) to proteolysis by ADAMTS13 may underlie type I von Willebrand disease (VWD) in some patients was investigated. Plasma from 4 patients with type I VWD was cryoprecipitated. ADAMTS13 activity in the VWF-poor cryodepleted fraction was assessed by...
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