The management of patients with congenital von Willebrand disease during surgery or other invasive procedures: focus on antihemophilic factor/von Willebrand factor complex

Von Willebrand disease, the most common hereditary bleeding disorder, arises from quantitative or qualitative defect of von Willebrand factor (VWF). The aim of the treatment is to correct the dual defect of hemostasis caused by the abnormal/reduced VWF and the concomitant deficiency of factor VIII (...

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Main Authors: Franchini, Massimo, Lippi, Giuseppe
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2007
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2721309/