Acquired von Willebrand syndrome type IIA in a patient with aortic valve stenosis and myeloproliferative disorder [9]

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 200-201

  Gartner, Verena ^a   Oehler, Leopold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; DILTIAZEM; LISINOPRIL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; OMEPRAZOLE;

AGED; ANEMIA; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MELENA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THROMBOCYTHEMIA; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 31744435621     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-005-0024-x     Document Type: Letter

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