Role of von Willebrand factor in the haemostasis.

Abstract excerpt

von Willebrand factor (VWF) is an adhesive and multimeric glycoprotein that found its historical origin in 1924, when the Finnish physician Erik von Willebrand first reported a family with a serious hereditary bleeding affecting consanguineous families1. The proband was a five years old girl with severe bleeding since birth. Three sisters had died before the age of four, one living sister, aged three, also was...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Blood groups and transfusion
• Share to Complement system in diseases
• Share to Platelet Disorders and Treatments