Evidence-based diagnosis of type 1 von Willebrand disease: a Bayes theorem approach

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The diagnosis of type 1 von Willebrand disease (VWD) is based on the presence of bleeding symptoms, reduced von Willebrand factor (VWF) levels, and autosomal inheritance of the phenotype. To better appreciate the contribution of clinical and laboratory data to the final diagnosis of VWD, we computed the likelihoods of having VWD as a function of the bleeding score (LR(score)), of VWF level (LR(VWF)), and of...

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