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Thromb Haemost 2000; 84(02): 160-174
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613992
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Impact, Diagnosis and Treatment of von Willebrand Disease[*]

J. E. Sadler
1   From Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
,
P. M. Mannucci
2   Angelo Bianchi Bonomi Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center and Fondazione Luigi Villa, IRCCS Maggiore Hospital and University of Milano, Italy
,
E. Berntorp
3   Department for Coagulation Disorders, Lund University and University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden
,
N. Bochkov
4   Moscow Medical Academy, Moscow, Russia
,
V. Boulyjenkov
5   Human Genetic, Division of Noncommunicable Disease, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
,
D. Ginsburg
6   Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Research Laboratories, University of Michigan Medical Center, Michigan, USA
,
D. Meyer
7   Division of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallmshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK
,
I. Peake
8   INSERM, Unite de Recherche U143, Le Kremlin-Bicetre, France
,
F. Rodeghiero
9   Department of Hematology, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza, Italy
,
A. Srivastava
10   Department of Hematology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, India
› Author AffiliationsThe authors wish to thank all physicians who took the effort to provide data on VWD from their respective developing countries.
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Received 06 March 2000

Accepted after revision 26 May 2000

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* Based upon the report of a joint World Health Organization/International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Meeting held in London, 12-14 October 1998. Published with permission of the World Health Organization.


 

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