Von Willebrand disease
Von Willebrand disease: Introduction
Von Willebrand disease: A rare inherited blood coagulation disorder characterized by a deficiency or defect in plasma protein called the von Willebrand factor which leads to bleeding problems.
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causes, and treatments of Von Willebrand disease is available below.
Symptoms of Von Willebrand disease
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Von Willebrand disease: Complications
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Disease Topics Related To Von Willebrand disease
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Medical Textbooks Online about Von Willebrand disease
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Less Common Symptoms of Von Willebrand disease
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Diagnostic Tests for Von Willebrand disease
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Von Willebrand disease?
Misdiagnosis and Von Willebrand disease
Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder
called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be correctly diagnosed.
Women with the condition tend to have heavy periods, since they actually have a bleeding disorder.
Severe afflictions may result in the women receiving a hysterectomy unnecessarily, when the
underlying cause has not been identified.
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Causes of Von Willebrand disease
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Prognosis for Von Willebrand disease
Prognosis for Von Willebrand disease:
Can be treated effectively with medication.
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Reseach about Von Willebrand disease
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Clinical Trials for Von Willebrand disease
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally
and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
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Clinical Trials for Von Willebrand disease
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Von Willebrand disease: Broader Related Topics
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Definitions of Von Willebrand disease:
Von Willebrand disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Von Willebrand disease, or a subtype of Von Willebrand disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Von Willebrand disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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