Article
Leu 697-->Val mutation in mature von Willebrand factor is responsible for type IIB von Willebrand disease.
Blood - 15 Mar 1994
Hilbert L, Gaucher C, de Romeuf C, Horellou M H, Vink T, Mazurier C
Abstract excerpt
Type IIB von Willebrand disease is characterized by the selective loss of high molecular weight von Willebrand factor (vWF) multimers from plasma and enhanced platelet agglutination of platelet-rich-plasma in the presence of low concentrations of ristocetin. We identified, in two related patients...
Topics
- Aged
- Base Sequence
- Blood Platelets
- Crotalid Venoms
- Female
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Ristocetin
- von Willebrand Diseases
- von Willebrand Factor
