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      • VWD is a lifelong condition that currently does not have a cure but can be successfully managed with several types of treatments available to manage and prevent bleeding.
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  2. Jan 17, 2019 · What should you expect to find? VWD is usually an inherited bleeding disorder. Only rarely is it acquired. A family history of bleeding, especially affecting both males and females, suggests...

  3. Apr 29, 2021 · von Willebrand disease (VWD) is an inherited bleeding disorder resulting from quantitative or qualitative deficiencies in von Willebrand factor (VWF), a plasma multimeric glycoprotein controlling platelet adhesion and aggregation. 1 Although VWD is expected to affect men and women equally, there are more women diagnosed with VWD because of gynec...

    • Cécile V Denis, Sophie Susen, Peter J Lenting
    • 2021
  4. Jun 23, 2020 · Cancer and its associated therapeutic strategies are established risk factors for VTE. Cancer patients have approximately a six-fold increased risk of VTE compared to non-cancer patients.

    • Sean Patmore, Sukhraj Pal Singh Dhami, Jamie M. O’Sullivan
    • 2020
  5. May 29, 2023 · Theres no cure for von Willebrand disease, but it can be treated and/or managed. A key to managing this disorder is to reduce the risk of bleeding before it starts. This means avoiding...

  6. Jul 29, 2022 · The data presented by Dhami and colleagues bring yet another piece to the puzzle, linking VWF to malignant diseases, this time in metastatic breast cancer. Animal studies confirming such results could extend and strengthen even further the relevance of this study.

    • 10.1111/jth.15810
    • 2022/10
  7. Jan 17, 2019 · What every physician needs to know. Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is important for primary and secondary hemostasis. VWF is a multifunctional protein that serves as a link between a damaged...

  8. What is von Willebrand disease? Discover the symptoms and stages, as well as the treatments and research being pioneered at the OSUCCC – James.

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