Von Willebrand disease and bleeding in women

Haemophilia

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 313-317

  Ragni, M V ^a,b,c   Bontempo, F A ^a,b,c   Cortese Hassett, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hemophilia Center of Western Pennsylvania   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Disorders; Menorrhagia; Von Willebrand disease; Women

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; RISTOCETIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLEEDING TIME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MENARCHE; MENORRHAGIA; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 0032698224     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.1999.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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