Differential identification of PT-VWD from type 2B VWD and GP1BA nomenclature issues response to Othman

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 314-315

  Favaloro, Emmanuel J ^a   Patterson, David ^b   Denholm, Anna ^b   Mead, Scott ^b   Gilbert, Anne ^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

GP1BA; Platelet type von Willebrand disease; Type 2B von Willebrand disease

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN IB ALPHA; RISTOCETIN;

ASSAY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; NOMENCLATURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGLUTINATION; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 47249151014     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2008.07172.x     Document Type: Letter

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