Laboratory diagnosis and management of von Willebrand Disease in South Africa

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 576-580

  Meiring, Muriel ^a   Coetzee, Marius ^a   Kelderman, Mareli ^a   Badenhorst, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

classification; diagnosis; hemophilia treatment centers; South Africa; von Willebrand disease

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DESMOPRESSIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; RISTOCETIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COAGULANTS; DEAMINO ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FACTOR VIII; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MUTATION; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASES; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 81755184043     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: 10989064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1281045     Document Type: Article

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