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Type 2B von Willebrand Disease: A Matter of Plasma Plus Platelet Abnormality.
Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis - 1 Jul 2016
Castaman Giancarlo, Federici Augusto B
Abstract excerpt
Type 2B von Willebrand disease (VWD2B) is a rare, autosomal-dominant inherited bleeding disorder, characterized by an enhanced ristocetin-induced platelet aggregation in platelet-rich plasma and often with variable degree of thrombocytopenia and loss of high-molecular-weight multimers von Willebrand factor (VWF). All these phenomena are caused by a mutant VWF, normally synthesized and assembled by endothelial...
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