Prevalence & spectrum of von Willebrand disease from western India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 653-658

  Trasi, Sucheta ^a   Shetty, Shrimati ^a   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a   Mohanty, Dipika ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOHAEMATOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Prevalence; Subtypes of VWD; Von Willebrand disease

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMARTHROSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBIN TIME; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CHILD; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREVALENCE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISTOCETIN; THROMBIN TIME; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 20544469895     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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