Forty families diagnosed by UK centres to have type 1 VWD were recruited. Following review, six families were re-diagnosed to have type 2 VWD, one to have a platelet storage pool disorder, and one family was determined to be unaffected...
Keywords: Type 1VWD,VWF gene mutations, inherited bleeding disorders, molecular pathogenesis
11/2006 | Thrombosis and Haemostasis, SchattauerThe appropriate development of hemostasis encompasses a delicate equilibrium between anti- and prothrombotic forces developing during three distinct phases (primary hemostasis, coagulation and fibrinolysis) that are closely linked to each other and precisely regulated to close vessel wounds, promote vascular healing and maintain vessel patency...
Keywords: coagulation testing, Hemophilia, inherited bleeding disorders, laboratory testing, platelets
01/2007 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter