Accurate diagnosis of high-affinity vWF-platelet disorders: A case study of pseudo von Willebrand disease

New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-9

  Denholm, Anna ^a   Smith, Mark P ^a   Patterson, David M ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

PFA 100; Platelet aggregation; Platelet glycoprotein 1b receptor; Pseudo von Willebrand disease; RIPA

Indexed keywords

BIOSTATE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 CONCENTRATE; DESMOPRESSIN; GLYCOPROTEIN IB ALPHA; RISTOCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING PARAMETERS; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTRON; LABORATORY TEST; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDO VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 41849150436     PISSN: 11710195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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