von Willebrand disease factor

von Willebrand disease factor
von Wil·le·brand disease, factor (fōn vilґə-brahnt) [Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician, 1870–1949] see under disease and factor.

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  • Von Willebrand disease — Infobox Disease Name = Von Willebrand disease Caption = DiseasesDB = 14007 ICD10 = ICD10|D|68|0|d|65 ICD9 = ICD9|286.4 ICDO = OMIM = 193400 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = ped eMedicineTopic = 2419 MeshID = D014842Von Willebrand disease (vWD) is… …   Wikipedia

  • von Willebrand disease — ▪ pathology       inherited blood disorder (blood disease) characterized by a prolonged bleeding time and a deficiency of factor VIII, an important blood clotting agent. This disorder is due to deficiencies in von Willebrand factor (vWF), a… …   Universalium

  • von Willebrand disease — a congenital bleeding disorder, usually of autosomal dominant inheritance, characterized by deficiency of von Willebrand factor, with prolonged bleeding time and often impairment of adhesion of platelets on glass beads, associated with epistaxis… …   Medical dictionary

  • Von Willebrand factor — (vWF) is a blood glycoprotein involved in hemostasis. It is deficient or defective in von Willebrand disease and is involved in a large number of other diseases, including thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, Heyde s syndrome, and possibly… …   Wikipedia

  • von Willebrand factor — von Wil·le·brand factor vän vil ə .bränt n a protein secreted esp. by endothelial cells that circulates in blood plasma as a large variable aggregation consisting usu. of repeating dimers, that mediates platelet adhesion to collagen in… …   Medical dictionary

  • von Willebrand's disease — von Wil·le·brand s disease .bränts n a genetic disorder that is caused by deficient or defective von Willebrand factor, is characterized by mucosal and petechial bleeding due to abnormal blood vessels, and is inherited chiefly as an autosomal… …   Medical dictionary

  • von Willebrand's disease — an inherited disorder of the blood that is characterized by episodes of spontaneous bleeding similar to haemophilia. It is due to a variety of abnormalities of the von Willebrand factor, a glycoprotein necessary for normal platelet function. This …   Medical dictionary

  • von Willebrand's disease — an inherited disorder of the blood that is characterized by episodes of spontaneous bleeding similar to haemophilia. It is due to a variety of abnormalities of the von Willebrand factor, a glycoprotein necessary for normal platelet function. This …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • von Willebrand factor — Plasma factor involved in platelet adhesion through an interaction with Factor VIII. See von Willebrand s disease …   Dictionary of molecular biology

  • von Willebrand's disease — noun a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding • Syn: ↑angiohemophilia, ↑vascular… …   Useful english dictionary

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