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Extending half-life in coagulation factors: where do we stand?
Thrombosis research - 1 Jan 2008
Lillicrap David
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The human coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) and von Willebrand factor (VWF) are two distinct glycoproteins that circulate in the plasma as a non-covalently bound complex (VWF/FVIII complex). Deficiencies or structural defects in FVIII and VWF are responsible for the most common inherited plasma bleeding disorders haemophilia A and von Willebrand disease (VWD), respectively. Current therapies for the treatment of...
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