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The mutation N528S in the von Willebrand factor (VWF) propeptide causes defective multimerization and storage of VWF.
Blood - 3 Jun 2010
Haberichter Sandra L, Budde Ulrich, Obser Tobias, Schneppenheim Sonja, Wermes Cornelia, Schneppenheim Reinhard
Abstract excerpt
We characterized a consanguineous Turkish family suffering from von Willebrand disease (VWD) with significant mucocutaneous and joint bleeding. The relative reduction of large plasma von Willebrand factor (VWF) multimers and the absent VWF triplet structure was consistent with type 2A (phenotype IIC) VWD. Surprisingly, platelet VWF was completely deficient of multimers beyond the VWF protomer, suggesting...
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