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Diagnosis of platelet-type von Willebrand disease by flow cytometry
30 Nov 2009
Abstract excerpt
Platelet-type von Willebrand disease (PT-VWD) is a rare autosomal dominant bleeding disorder which is due to a mutation in the gene encoding for platelet glycoprotein Ibalpha (GPIbalpha) resulting in enhanced affinity for von Willebrand factor (VWF). PT-VWD is often mistakenly diagnosed as type 2B VWD for the similarities between these two conditions. We characterized a new case of PT-VWD and evaluated the...
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