Differential identification of a rare form of platelet-type (pseudo-) von Willebrand disease (VWD) from Type 2B VWD using a simplified ristocetin-induced-platelet-agglutination mixing assay and confirmed by genetic analysis [3]

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 623-626

  Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^a   Patterson, David ^b   Denholm, Anna ^b   Mead, Scott ^b   Gilbert, Ann ^a   Collins, Anne ^c   Estell, Jane ^d   George, Peter M ^b   Smith, Mark P ^b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bleeding disorders; Blood coagulation; Platelet disorders; Pseudo von Willebrand disease; Von Willebrand disease

Indexed keywords

RISTOCETIN;

CRYOPRECIPITATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MISSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGLUTINATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIB-IX COMPLEX; RISTOCETIN; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 35748955202     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06850.x     Document Type: Letter

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