Diagnosis of platelet-type von willebrand disease by flow cytometry

Haematologica

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1021-1024

  Giannini, Silvia ^a   Cecchetti, Luca ^a   Mezzasoma, Anna Maria ^a   Gresele, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gpib ; Pt vwd; Von willebrand disease

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCOPROTEIN IB ALPHA; METHIONINE; RISTOCETIN; VALINE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; PLATELET TYPE VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; POINT MUTATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; PLATELET GLYCOPROTEIN GPIB-IX COMPLEX; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASES;

EID: 77953183475     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2009.015990     Document Type: Article

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