A prospective evaluation of the prevalence of symptomatic von Willebrand Disease (VWD) in a pediatric primary care population

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-173

  Bowman, M ^a   Hopman, W M ^a   Rapson, D ^a   Lillicrap, D ^a   Silva, M ^a   James, P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bleeding symptoms; Pediatrics; Prevalence; Von Willebrand disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASES;

EID: 77953283530     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22429     Document Type: Article

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