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Clinical and molecular predictors of thrombocytopenia and risk of bleeding in patients with von Willebrand disease type 2B: a cohort study of 67 patients.
Blood - 15 Jan 2009
Federici Augusto B, Mannucci Pier M, Castaman Giancarlo, Baronciani Luciano, Bucciarelli Paolo, Canciani Maria T, Pecci Alessandro, Lenting Peter J, De Groot Philip G
Abstract excerpt
Type 2B von Willebrand disease (VWD2B) is caused by an abnormal von Willebrand factor (VWF) with increased affinity for the platelet receptor glycoprotein Ib-alpha (GPIb-alpha) that may result in moderate to severe thrombocytopenia. We evaluated the prevalence and clinical and molecular predictors of thrombocytopenia in a cohort of 67 VWD2B patients from 38 unrelated families characterized by VWF mutations....
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