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Acquired von Willebrand disease
Author(s) -
Petrini P.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
haemophilia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.213
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1365-2516
pISSN - 1351-8216
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2516.1999.0050s2068.x
Subject(s) - medicine , von willebrand disease , disease , von willebrand factor , pediatrics , dermatology , pathology , immunology , platelet
Acquired von Willebrand disease (AvWD) is a syndrome that has clinical and laboratory features similar to hereditary vWD. In contrast to the latter it occurs in patients without a family history of previous bleeding tendency.