von Willebrand Disease Presentation - Virginia Commonwealth ...
von Willebrand Disease Presentation - Virginia Commonwealth ...
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What is <strong>von</strong> <strong>Willebrand</strong> <strong>Disease</strong>?<br />
• Von <strong>Willebrand</strong> disease is an inherited bleeding disordermeaning<br />
you are born with it.<br />
• Less than normal amounts of <strong>von</strong> <strong>Willebrand</strong> factor in the blood<br />
or <strong>von</strong> <strong>Willebrand</strong> factor that does not work as well as it should<br />
• Effects the normal ability to form a blood clot<br />
• Other parts of the clotting process do still work, however.
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