von Willebrand's disease: An important cause of dysfunctional uterine bleeding

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-93

  Woo, Y L ^a   White, B ^a   Corbally, R ^a   Byrne, M ^a   O'Connell, N ^a   O'Shea, E ^a   Sheppard, B L ^a   Bonnar, J ^a   Smith, O P ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding; Menorrhagia; von Willebrand factor; von Willebrand's disease

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CALCIUM ION; DESMOPRESSIN; HEMATIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERUS BLEEDING; VENOUS BLOOD; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACTOR VIII; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 0036489733     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001721-200203000-00003     Document Type: Article

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