Performance and Clinical Utility of a Commercial von Willebrand Factor Collagen Binding Assay for Laboratory Diagnosis of von Willebrand Disease
Author(s) -
Joanna M. Popov,
Olga S. Zhukov,
Susan Ruden,
Terry Zeschmann,
Anthony Sferruzza,
Mervyn A. Sahud
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2006.070730
Subject(s) - von willebrand disease , von willebrand factor , ristocetin , coagulopathy , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , antigen , immunology , medicine , platelet , biology
Von Willebrand disease (VWD) diagnosis and classification usually require a combination of nonspecific and VW-factor (VWF)-specific assays. We evaluated the analytical performance of a commercially available collagen-binding assay (CBA) and its usefulness in conjunction with other assays for laboratory diagnosis of VWD.
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