Article
Von Willebrand disease - phenotype versus genotype: deficiency versus disease.
Thrombosis research - 1 Jan 2007
Lillicrap David
Abstract excerpt
Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is classified into three primary subtypes; type 1 includes partial quantitative deficiency, type 2 (A, B, M and N) includes qualitative defects and type 3 includes virtually complete deficiency of von Willebrand factor (VWF). Type 2A includes variants with decreased platelet adhesion caused by selective deficiency of high molecular weight VWF multimers. Type 2B includes variants with...
Topics
- Genotype
- Humans
- Phenotype
- von Willebrand Diseases
- von Willebrand Factor
