DISCOVERY OF TYPE 3 VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED HEMOPHILIA A IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

DISCOVERY OF TYPE 3 VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE IN A COHORT OF PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED HEMOPHILIA A IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Abstract Aim : Type 3 von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most severe form of VWD, characterized by a near-total absence of von Willebrand factor (vWF) leading to a huge deficiency in plasmatic factor VIII (FVIII). VWD may be confused with hemophilia A, sometimes leading to misdiagnosis. The pur...

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Main Authors: Adia Eusèbe Adjambri, Sylvie Bouvier, Roseline N'guessan, Emma N’draman-Donou, Mireille Yayo-Ayé, Marie-France Meledje, Missa Louis Adjé, Duni Sawadogo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2020-02-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
von Willebrand type 3
hemophilia A
Côte d’Ivoire.
Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/4149

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