Spectrum of Von Willebrand disease and inherited platelet function disorders amongst Indian bleeders

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 403-407

  Gupta, Paw K ^a   Charan, V D ^b   Saxena, R ^c  

^a ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b CHSC   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Indians; Mucocutaneous bleeding; Platelet function disorder; VWD

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 3; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TIME; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPISTAXIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEMARTHROSIS; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENORRHAGIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN BRUISING; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE DISORDER; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD PLATELET DISORDERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 34247354643     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-006-0244-8     Document Type: Article

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