von Willebrand Disease in Siriraj Hospital: Where Are We Now?
Theera Ruchutrakool, M.D.
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand.
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To date, the roles of vWF are crucial not only in vWD, but also in many acquired diseases or conditions such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and atherosclerosis. The knowledge of vWD is in progress and has been more elucidated in terms of pathogenesis, diagnosis, classification and treatment during the past eighty years. Careful and systematic bleeding history assessment with bleeding score and the full panel of investigations will provide the definite diagnosis and type of disease. The higher incidence of vWD including type 3 in our institute than those previously reported in the general population implies ...
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